“Nobody Wants to See a Clown in Pain”

Comedic actor Anthony Griffith was riding the final wave of the comedy boom in 1990 with three coveted appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. He did all this while watching his daughter die of cancer.

“It was the best of times; it was the worst of times…” his story begins. Watch this heart-wrenching video as Griffith shares the tale in 2003 for The Moth storytelling organization.

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