Bob Schimmel has passed away :(

[gophins72]

my favorite comedian has passed away:

http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/regio...oenix/valley-comedian-dies-after-car-accident

PHOENIX - 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, said Schimmel died Friday evening in a Phoenix hospital.

Schimmel was a passenger Aug. 26 in a car driven by his 19-year-old daughter Aliyah. Bragman said Aliyah Schimmel swerved to avoid another car and the vehicle she was driving rolled to the side of the freeway. Bragman said 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.

Schimmel starred in a Fox sitcom that was picked up in 2000 but had to be canceled after he learned he had cancer and needed to begin chemotherapy immediately, according to his website.

The site says Schimmel more recently had a Showtime special called "Life Since Then" and was integrating his life's experiences with comedy to not only make audiences laugh but raise cancer awareness and hope.

The site also says the comedian learned a lot about "life, attitude and laughter" following his cancer fight and the loss of a child. He also had two failed marriages.

RIP Bob

 

[zerocool84]

That sucks. I just saw his stand-up on HBO or Showtime. Was really funny. Sucks that he survived cancer only to die in a car crash.

 

[BoomerD]

Who?

Even after googling the name, I still don't know who he is...(except that he's some comedian)

 

[zinfamous]

damn shame. funny guy. cancer survivor.

 

[shortylickens]

Right, 19 year old "daughter".
:sneaky:

 

[Wyndru]

That sucks, that guy was funny. I thought it was going to be something related to cancer when I read the thread title.

I remember the bit where his daughter asked him if he knew what a shocker was. 2 in the pink, 1 in the stink. lol funny stuff.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Wow...that really sucks.

 

[silverpig]

Ross died?

 

[theflyingpig]

Who?

Even after googling the name, I still don't know who he is...(except that he's some comedian)

A man died. Show some respect dude. Geez.

 

[lxskllr]

Who?

Even after googling the name, I still don't know who he is...(except that he's some comedian)

I didn't know him either. One of my clan mates posted this link. Pretty funny act...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr2DYzC097g&feature=related

 

[zerocool84]

one of my clan mates posted this link.

kkk?

 

[lxskllr]

kkk?

That would be a Klan mate ;^)

 

[thescreensavers]

wow he died from a Roll over, I wonder what car he had and what his injuries were. Usually in roll overs people make it out alright since the car is not stopped suddenly.

 

[FallenHero]

That sucks. I saw him live a couple of years ago and he was fantastic. Very proud of being a cancer survivor and bragged about his children too.

 

[Sluggo]

Saw this last night on another forum, sad news. He was one of the few stand-up guys who I found really funny, but I think his act was way too filthy for him to ever go mainstream.

His book got good reviews on Amazon, might pick that up.

 

[AlienCraft]

Wow...that really sucks.

Yeah, his life as it revolved around his daughter was very turbulent. I hope she's not too badly hurt as a result of this.

 

[fustercluck]

I knew he was one of 3 guys in my mind, but I couldn't put a face on him because for some reason yahoo and wikipedia were apparently unable to get a photo of the guy. But it took a 3 second google search so not that hard.

I remember him going on Conan after going through his whole cancer ordeal and he was really cool and funny about it.

 

[Rage187]

Sucks. He was really funny.

 

[vi edit]

Enjoyed his stuff, but never would have guessed him for 60. Wow.

 

[rgwalt]

Survived cancer, and a car crash got him. Sucks. Dude was hilarious. I remember seeing one of his early specials on HBO back around 2002. He was talking about having sex with animals (for some obtuse reason... you know how comedians are). He said you can't have sex with a parrot because it will tell on you "Help, he fucks me when you aren't here!". I was crying on the floor, unable to breathe because I was laughing so hard at that one. It still cracks me up.

He will be missed.

 

[soulcougher73]

RIP. He was a great comedian.

One of the local radio stations replayed some interviews they had with him over the years. I found the one about his mothers past very interesting. I googled it when i got to work. Would make a great movie in my opinion.

http://www.jewishaz.com/jewishnews/991029/lost.shtml