Comedian Robert Schimmel died a week after being injured in a car accident, and celebrities are paying homage to the groundbreaking comic.
Schimmel, who was 60 years old, was in a car accident on August 26. He died on Firday at a Phoenix hospital. His daughter Aliyah was driving the car and his son was a passenger, but both are expected to recover.
A frequent guest on Howard Stern’s radio show and Late Nigh with Conan O’Brien, Schimmel was best known for his sexual humor which was often times quite taboo. He also battled numerous health problems, and chronicled his bout with cancer in a 2008 memoir called Cancer on Five Dollars a Day* (*chemo not included): How Humor Got Me Through the Toughest Journey of My Life. He revealed earlier this year that he had cirrhosis of the liver because of a blood transfusion he received while in the air force that was tainted with hepatitis C.
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Stars took to twitter to express their condolences:
“Robert Schimmel was one of the funniest and nicest guys in comedy.”- Jimmy Kimmel
“[He] was one of the first people in comedy to call when my folks were fighting cancer. No ego, no BS, no small talk, just inspiration,”- Dane Cook.
“The world lost a true comedian, one of the greats. He turned his pain into laughs. He was fearless. RIP ROBERT SCHIMMEL” – Marlon Wayans
