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BB Bora Boris Mr. Unreasonable Boogie Wonderland Joined: Mar 25, 2005 Posts: 2616	BB Bora Boris Posted posted on Sat, Sep 4, 2010 8:22 AM This stinks, Schimmel was hilarious. Standup comic Robert Schimmel, 60, dies after car crash September 4, 2010 \| 7:34 am 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 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. -- Associated Press

This stinks, Schimmel was hilarious.

Standup comic Robert Schimmel, 60, dies after car crash
September 4, 2010 | 7:34 am
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 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.

-- Associated Press

Post #552108 by Bora Boris on Sat, Sep 4, 2010 8:22 AM