Comedian Kabir Singh has died, a family member confirmed to NBC News. He passed away in his sleep in his Bay Area home in Pleasanton, California, according to his sister, Sonya Singh. "My mom — she lives with him — tried to wake him up, and he didn't wake up," Sonya Singh told NBC News. He would have turned 40 on Dec. 30, Sonya Singh said. The Manteca comedy club commemorated Singh in a post on Instagram following news of his passing, calling him "one of the best."

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Persons: Kabir Singh, Sonya Singh, —, Singh, — Sofía Vergara, Heidi Klum, Howie Mandel, Simon Cowell, I'd, “ Gabriel Iglesias, ”, Guy Organizations: NBC News, Area, NBC, NBCUniversal, Fox, Comedy Locations: Pleasanton , California, Portland , Oregon, Manteca , California, Manteca