Comedian Robert Schimmel dies in tragic car accident
Author and stand up comedian was only 60-years-old
Robert Schimmel passed away at the age of 60.
PHOENIX (AP) — 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. Copyright 2010 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.
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September 4, 2010 at 10:16PM EST Reply to CommentThat is horrible news! I feel for his family and especially his poor daughter. RIP Schimmel.
September 4, 2010 at 11:16PM EST Reply to CommentI grieve for the loss of a truly great and funny man.
Jack Frost
September 4, 2010 at 11:19PM EST Reply to CommentVery sad.
Just a minor correction, the accident was on Thursday of last week (Aug. 26th), not this last Thursday.
daggor
September 5, 2010 at 12:27AM EST Reply to CommentVery sad news. The best I can do is use my favorite line of his: "When he pulled the rag out of my ass, I came like a wildcat"
gk Great line from a great comedian.
September 5, 2010 at 2:16AM ESThaywood jablomy
September 5, 2010 at 1:57AM EST Reply to CommentI liked the guy, though I used to confuse him with Robert Smigel for some reason.
Lee
September 5, 2010 at 7:23PM EST Reply to CommentI feel for his daughter who has to live with this for the rest of her life..
M. Panza
February 26, 2011 at 1:41AM EST Reply to Commentto the Schimmel family, my heart aches with sadness upon hearing of Roberts passing.He made my son and I laugh from our bellies. My family sends our condolences, May he rest in peace. GOD BLESS