* Christopher Sylbert; ‘Funniest Person’ Winner
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Funeral services for Christopher Sylbert, 47, a stand-up comedian who won the L.A. Cabaret’s “Funniest Person in the Valley” competition in 1994, will be held at 1 p.m. today at Church on the Hill at Forest Lawn Memorial-Park Hollywood Hills, 6300 Forest Lawn Drive, Los Angeles.
Sylbert, who battled multiple sclerosis for nearly 20 years, died Friday of pneumonia.
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