Punchline Magazine, which covers the comedian industry, praised Destefano for his "brutally honest approach to stand-up comedy."
It seems that honesty came from a hard life.
Destefano overcame the death of his wife and drug addiction to place himself on a comeback path to stardom.
This video from Punchline and Matthew Gill, does, as they blog, give good feel for what Mike was like:
Mike Destefano. Remember him by watching his videos here.
