L.A. comedians mourn deaths of fellow comics Fuquan Johnson and Enrico Colangeli

Laughter was hushed at the HaHa Comedy Club in North Hollywood over Labor Day weekend as comics and fans mourned the deaths of two beloved funnymen whose absence onstage was felt even as their names glowed in memoriam surrounded by golden lights on the marquee. “I thought it was a sick joke,” said Assadourian, who also performs as a comedian, under the name Jack Jr. “We’re all comedians who’ve done some dark jokes before, but this seemed like the worst joke ever.” The deaths of Johnson and Colangeli dealt a devastating blow to local and superstar comics alike who knew the pair and watched them grow. He could do open mikes, just always working his craft and always getting funnier,” said Jack Jr. Friends Jack Jr., left, Enrico Colangeli and Fuquan Johnson. And my dad always said, ‘Charge everyone that comes in the door.’ So I’m walking in, and then Rico stops me and says, ‘Hey, hey, it’s $20 to come in,’ and I laughed, and I said, ‘You got a job.’ After that, we became friends right away.” At one point, Fu, Rico and Jack Jr. lived together in North Hollywood in an apartment building known for housing comics. “Imagine living in a building where every single unit was your friend, so it was like we never really went to college but that was our college,” Jack Jr. said.