He accidently overdosed on prescription medication and he was scheduled to appear at a comedy performance at the Stress Factory in New Brunswick , New Jersey . When Giraldo failed to appear the police were called to his hotel room where they found him and they rushed him to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital .
After he failed to appear for a scheduled performance at the Stress Factory , police officers found him in his hotel room at the Hyatt Hotel in New Brunswick , New Jersey , and rushed him to nearby Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital .