According to our sources and several social media posts, we have discovered the news that comedian Joe Recca passed away. Recca was mostly known for clean comedy shows and Christian comedy venues. As of this writing, the nature of his passing is yet to be determined.
Joe Recca was born in Chicago and raised in Virginia Beach. He graduated from Norfolk State University with a B.A. Degree in Sociology. Joe moved to Washington DC and started working as a case worker in a halfway house and later as a probation counselor. While working there Joe would perform stand up comedy at the Comedy Cafe. One of Joe’s fellow comedians was a young Dave Chappelle. Joe moved to the New York area to pursue comedy fulltime. Shortly after moving there, he was booked to do Showtime at the Apollo.
Details will follow soon.
