Today is Tuesday, January 11th, and you're listening to The Morning Announcements presented

by Betcha's media.

I'm Sammy Sage.

Today, we have a lot of seemingly random and unrelated news, so we'll start with the

story that everyone's talking about.

Of course, I'm referring to the incredibly sad news about the death of Bob Sagitt at age

65 due to causes that still have not yet been shared.

Just before he was found in a hotel room in Florida, he had just performed on stage

for his current tour.

In response to his passing, dozens of celebrities flooded social media with messages about

how kind and generally what a great guy he was, and how much he will be missed.

And you know, for a white male comedian over 50, that means a lot.

Next, we have a quick update on Kazakhstan, which if you remember yesterday's episode is

doing not well, bitch.

Yesterday, authorities said that nearly 8,000 people were detained during the protests,

marking the worst unrest since Kazakhstan left the Soviet Union 30 years ago.

They also made yesterday a day of mourning for the 164 people who were killed, and the

foreign ministry said that the peaceful protests throughout the country, quote, were hijacked

by terrorists, extremists, and criminal groups.

Antifa's cousins, maybe?

Despite this news as I reported yesterday, the protests appear to have died down, and

the president claims that constitutional order has been restored.

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