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RIP Joey Nitro

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Edit Update: I spoke with a family member and it looks like Joey passed as a result of substance abuse. There is a go fund me page to help out Joey's family especially his dad, who obviously are beyond destroyed right now. Please help out if you can  here https://www.gofundme.com/f/tribute-to-joey-rogers?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link-tip&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet I lost one of my dearest friends in the world today. Joey Nitro. He was only 30. His real name is Joey Rodriguez, but you know I knew him through comedy doing open mics in Alameda where he was from along with Mean Dave, Nina G and Justin Harrison, OJ, Duat and Chris. Joey and Mean Dave and I had a podcast and he was like 14 years younger than me, one of the great things about doing comedy is you get to make friends (family really) with an extremely diverse group of people. And Joey and I became really good friends. Him being younger he was like a connection to younger people and I remember