Comedian Robert Schimmel, who is a regular guest on Late Night with Conan O’Brien and Howard Stern’s radio show has died on Friday evening, after suffering from a car accident, as disclosed by Howard Bragman, his spokesperson. He was 60 years old.
The incident happened in August 26 when the car driven by the entertainer’s 19 year old daughter Aliyah avoided collision with another car; as a result, their car rammed on freeway’s side. Aliyah is in a stable condition.
In 2000, Schimmel had a Fox sitcom that had to be canceled because he had to undergo chemotherapy after being diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Eight years later, a memoir named “Cancer on $5 a Day” was released with Schimmel talking about his disease.
Just recently, he had a Showtime special named “Life Since Then” where he tried to inject comedy in his experiences in life while raising hope and awareness of cancer.
