Arnold starred in two Netflix specials including 'It Ain't for the Weak' which premiered in July this year.
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“Our closely knit comedy community mourns the loss of one of the greatest to ever do it,” said Arnold’s close friend and fellow comedian Chris Spencer. “He was admired by his peers, respected by other veterans, and revered by the burgeoning comedians that he mentored. He will me deeply missed, especially by his comedy fraternity.”
A standup veteran, Arnold spent over two decades working comedy clubs before his late career breakthrough, gaining a loyal audience on social media for his hilarious takes on family life and fatherhood. For Netflix, Arnold starred in two comedy specials, 2020’sBorn on March 15, 1968, in Cleveland, Ohio, Arnold attended Beachwood High School. Inspired by Eddie Murphy’sspecial, he began his startup career at 18, his first standup gig taking place at Cleveland’s Hilarities 4th Street Theatre.
Arnold slowly worked his way up the comedy ladder, spending much of the 1990s as a club comedian, before graduating to a touring act and then in the 2000s finding work as a television writer. His early writing work included the Tyler Perry shows
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