Hepatitis Newsline

Comedian Robert Schimmel Dies after Car Accident
His 19-year-old daughter was driving the vehicle.

KTLA News 9:21 a.m. PDT, September 4, 2010
PHOENIX, Ariz.
Standup comedian Robert Schimmel, who was a frequent guest on Howard Stern's radio show and "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" has died from injuries he suffered in a car accident in Phoenix.

Schimmel's spokesman, Howard Bragman, said the 60-year-old died Friday evening in a Phoenix hospital.

The car accident happened Thursday. Schimmel was a passenger in a car driven by his 19-year-old daughter Aliyah.

Aliyah Schimmel apparently swerved to avoid another car and her car rolled over off to the side of the freeway.

She remains hospitalized in stable condition.
Robert Schimmel lived in Scottsdale.
Besides his standup appearances, he's famous for his 2008 memoir, "Cancer on $5 a Day." It chronicles his battle with non- Hodgkin's lymphoma.

 

 

Christopher Lawford talks about funding in an exclusive interview with producer Benjamin Beardwood.

Content on this page requires a newer version of Adobe Flash Player.

Get Adobe Flash player

Get involved with the Reality Check documentary project and raise your Hepatitis C horizon.

Explore ideas about progress in awareness, funding and research efforts to reach more people that may not even know they are at risk yet. Actor, activist and speaker Christopher Lawford brings unique understanding and vision to our discussion of this important public health topic that will be with us for generations. Why not raise your Hepatitis C horizon with Billy Drop and theHepatitisCepidemic.com online resource to share your own personal "C-Story" with easy upload in only a few clicks!