Sally Wade is the widow of the late comedian George Carlin. Wade and Carlin wed after the death of the comedian's first wife, Brenda Hosbrook, from brain cancer.
Writing Career
In addition to writing for the sitcom What's Happening!, Wade wrote an episode of E/R, the short-lived 1980s hospital comedy starring Elliott Gould. In a 2005 interview, Carlin noted that he had kept his Vicodin habit so secret that even Wade did not know about it.The New York Times: Refusing to Coast on 7 Infamous Words (November 4, 2005)