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Marilyn Martinez | Stand-up comic, 52

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Marilyn Martinez, 52, a sassy stand-up comic who performed with the Original Latin Divas of Comedy and other Latina troupes, died at a Hollywood hospital Nov. 3 of colon cancer.

Raised in Denver, Ms. Martinez tap-danced on a local television show as a child before funneling her love of acting, and food, into stand-up routines, according to her longtime manager, Scott Montoya. She moved to Los Angeles around 1989, he said.

Her routines often included frank talk about sex and men.

In Los Angeles, Martinez connected with her Mexican roots and in the mid-1990s joined Latina troupe the Hot and Spicy Mamitas, Montoya said.

She also became a member of the Hot Tamales with Eva Longoria and was "the anchor" of the Latin Divas of Comedy, with a Showtime special earlier this year in the same vein as the hit Latin Kings of Comedy, Montoya said.

Her screen credits include parts in 2003's

Pauly Shore Is Dead

, 2002's

For Da Love of Money

, the ABC television series

My Wife and Kids

in 2001, and the 2004 reality TV show

Urban Jungle

on SiTV.

- AP

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