Raquel Castro and Carlin in "Jersey Girl" (AP Photo/Miramax, Peter Sorel)
(AP) Comedian George Carlin is entering a drug rehabilitation facility to shake his dependence on wine and a painkiller.
"I'm going into rehab because I use too much wine and Vicodin," the 67-year-old Carlin said in a statement released Monday by his publicist, Jeff Abraham. "No one told me I needed this. I recognized the problem and took the step myself."
The name and location of the facility weren't disclosed.
In a Feb. 28, 2007, file photo comedian George Carlin opens the 13th annual U.S. Comedy Arts Festival at the Wheeler Opera House in Aspen, Colo. A publicist for George Carlin says the legendary comedian has died of heart failure at a hospital in Santa Monica, Calif., Sunday June 22, 2008.
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This is an undated file photo originally released by HBO of George Carlinto promote his HBO special, 'Its Bad For Ya'. A publicist for George Carlin says the legendary comedian has died of heart failure at a hospital in Santa Monica, Calif., Sunday June 22, 2008.
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In a May 1, 2001 file photo comedian George Carlin gestures in New York. A publicist for George Carlin says the legendary comedian has died of heart failure at a hospital in Santa Monica, Calif., Sunday June 22, 2008.
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US comedian George Carlin, seen here in 2007, died on Sunday aged 71. Carlin was identified as a voice of the 1970s counterculture and was one of the country's best known funny men.
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