TMZ has learned famous comedian Robert Schimmel was involved in a car accident on Thursday in Arizona and is currently in "very serious" condition.

We're told Schimmel's 19-year-old daughter was driving at the time and Schimmel was in the passenger seat. Sources tell us the daughter swerved to avoid an accident in her lane and the car rolled over on to the side of the freeway.

Schimmel's daughter was hospitalized and is in stable condition and expected to make a full recovery. His 11-year-old son was also in the car -- he was released without injuries the same day.

As for Schimmel, we're told he is still in the hospital and in "very serious" condition and his family is at his bedside.

Schimmel is perhaps best known for his work on "The Howard Stern Show."

http://www.tmz.com/2010/08/28/robert-schimmel-car-accident-serious-condition-howard-stern/

Comedian Robert Schimmel Dies at Age 60
Sep 4, 2010
by Gina DiNunno


Comedian Robert Schimmel, best known for his frequent appearances on Howard Stern's radio show, died after suffering serious injuries in a car accident, according to The Associated Press.

He was 60.




Schimmel died Friday evening in a Phoenix hospital, his spokesman Howard Bragman told the AP. He was a passenger in a car driven by his 19-year-old daughter Aliyah whose vehicle rolled to the side of the freeway after she swerved to avoid another vehicle.

Aliyah is currently in stable condition, Bragman said.





In addition to his often foulmouthed routines on Stern, Schimmel appeared on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien", was named one of Comedy Central's 100 Greatest Comics, and had his own stand-up specials on HBO and Showtime.


In 2008, he wrote Cancer on $5 a Day, a memoir chronicling his battle with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

http://www.tvguide.com/News/Robert-Schimmel-Dead-1022617.aspx

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