Chuck Lamb

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Chuck Lamb is a 48-year-old programmer from Columbus, Ohio. He has gained fame recently as the self-styled Dead Body Guy. With the claim of "I can lay around with the best of them," [1] Chuck decided to fulfill his dreams of being on TV or in a movie by taking pictures of himself as a dead body having been "killed" through various comedic methods. His website was noticed by Mike Harden of The Columbus Dispatch, and the resulting press article generated the initial PR flurry that has gained him fame. The next week he was on the front page of the National section of The New York Times. He has been called a Global Phenomenon by the Associated Press. One ironic aspect of Mr. Lamb's "dead body" fame is that he works for an insurance company.

Mr. Lamb, has appeared on NBC's Today Show, CBS's Early Show, MSNBC's Rita Cosby Show, and CNN's Paula Zahn Now. His story has been featured on radio stations, many online news websites and major newspapers in the United States (including the New York Times), and has been featured in international newspapers and magazines, including Italy's La Repubblica, The National Examiner, Penthouse, Maxum, GQ and Shock. A press release on his website claims that he has been featured on over 200 TV stations and over 400 radio stations worldwide [2].

Mr. Lamb's website has had over 35 Million visits as of January 2007, making it one of the most viewed personal websites of all time.^{[citation needed]} Source: CNN