Comedian Robert Schimmel Dies After Car Crash

Comedian Robert Schimmel Dies After Car Crash

Published: September 04, 2010 @ 9:52 am
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By Josh Dickey

 

Robert Schimmel, the edgy standup comic who was a regular guest on Howard Stern andConan O'Brien, has died after a car accident in the Phoenix area. He was 60.

Schimmel died Friday in the hospital, according to his publicist, HowardBragman.

Schimmel's daughter, 19-year-old daughter Aliyah, was driving on the freeway Thursday night when she swerved to avoid another car and rolled. She was hospitalized in stable condition.

Schimmel survived a bout with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and published a memoir in 2008, "Cancer on $5 a Day."

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