The Cricket's Daily 3: RIP, Patrice O'Neal

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Here's what's happening in pop culture:

• Comedian Patrice O'Neal has died at the age of 41, following a stroke last month and a long battle with diabetes. [Washington Post]

• A Sunday memorial service has been set for Kristen Merrill, a founding member of Utah's comic musical trio The Saliva Sisters, who died Nov. 21 at age 60. It will be at a bar, and "in lieu of flowers, tell a joke." [David Burger, The Salt Lake Tribune]

• A Pixar-loving California couple is returning to Utah, to buy the "Up" house in Herriman. [Katie Drake, The Salt Lake Tribune]