US EditionSarah Silverman Reveals Heartbreaking Story About Her Late Brother
- Comedian Sarah Silverman revealed that her infant brother Jeffrey died five years before she was born, a story she shared in a 2023 Rolling Stone interview.
- Jeffrey died at three months old after reportedly slipping through a narrow space in his crib and suffocating, though Silverman's father later suggested her grandfather caused the death by shaking the baby in anger.
- Silverman explained that her father endured severe abuse from his own father, which shaped family dynamics and influenced her stand-up work reflected in her Netflix special PostMortem.
- Silverman quoted her father saying, "He shook him in a rage and killed him," adding, "Of course, that's what happened," upon hearing the truth about Jeffrey's death.
- This family trauma underlies Silverman's PostMortem special, which streams on Netflix and explores her complex history including her parents' deaths and legacy of loss.
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