Comedian Robert Schimmel dies after car accident

[babylonsister]

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Comedian Robert Schimmel dies after car accident

(AP) – 12 minutes ago

PHOENIX — Standup comic Robert Schimmel, a frequent guest on Howard Stern's radio show, has died after suffering serious injuries in a car accident. He was 60.

Schimmel's spokesman, Howard Bragman, says Schimmel died Friday evening in a Phoenix hospital.

Schimmel was a passenger Thursday in a car driven by his 19-year-old daughter Aliyah. Bragman says Aliyah Schimmel swerved to avoid another car and the vehicle she was driving rolled to the side of the freeway. Bragman says she is hospitalized in stable condition.

Robert Schimmel lived in Scottsdale. The 60-year-old comedian has been a frequent guest on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" and on Howard Stern's radio show. His 2008 memoir, "Cancer on $5 a Day," chronicles his battle with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

[MrScorpio]

1. Damn. He was a funny guy

Rest In Power, Robert.

[Warren Stupidity]

2. Wow. He was disturbingly funny. A difficult but great comedian.

[sandnsea]

3. Oh, his poor daughter

What a horrible thing to have to come to terms with. He was a funny guy. What a tragedy.

[bullwinkle428]

4. Dammit, that sucks. RIP, Robert.

[urbanhermit]

5. One of my favorites

RIP Robert Schimmel.

[stevedeshazer]

6. That's gonna be really tough on his daughter.

Sorry to learn of this.

:(

[boobooday]

7. I know, how heartbreaking for her

:cry: