That’s at least two famous comics, now deceased, who’ve appeared at the AVN awards – Bill Hicks was the other, though Hicks appeared as an act.

from www.tmz.com – Comedian Robert Schimmel died Friday] night in a Phoenix hospital from injuries he sustained in a car accident last week. He was 60 years old.

As TMZ first reported, Schimmel was the passenger in a serious car accident after his daughter, who was driving at the time, swerved to avoid an accident. She’s still in the hospital, but we’re told she’ll be ok.

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

from Reuters – LOS ANGELES – U.S. comedian Robert Schimmel died on Friday night in a Phoenix hospital from injuries he sustained in a car accident, his public relations firm said on Saturday.

Schimmel, 60, was a passenger in his 19-year-old daughter’s car on August 26 when she lost control after swerving to avoid another accident on a Phoenix highway. The daughter was hospitalized, but is expected to recover. Schimmel’s 11-year-old son was also a passenger in the car and was uninjured, according to media reports.

The actor was best known for his radio work on “The Howard Stern Show” and had appeared on several HBO programs, including his own special, “Unprotected.”

Schimmel had a heart attack in 1998 and in 2000 was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, from which he recovered. He later wrote a book about his treatment called “Cancer on $5 a Day.” He lost his son Derek to leukemia at age 11.

from www.nydailynews.com – Standup comic Robert Schimmel, whose X-rated brand of humor made him a Howard Stern favorite, has died from injuries suffered in a car accident. He was 60.

The Bronx-born Schimmel died Friday night in a Phoenix hospital, said his spokesman, Howard Bragman.

Schimmel, a frequent guest on Stern’s radio show, was riding in a car driven by his 19-year-old daughter, Aliyah, when the vehicle flipped Aug. 26.

Bragman said Aliyah Schimmel swerved to avoid another vehicle and lost control of the car, sending it rolling to the side of the freeway.

Schimmel’s daughter is hospitalized with nonlife-threatening injuries.

His 11-year-old son, who also was in the car, was reportedly released from the hospital hours after the accident.

The son of Holocaust survivors, Schimmel rose to stardom with the help of Rodney Dangerfield.

In 1986, Dangerfield invited Schimmel to perform on his HBO “Young Comedians Special,” setting the young comic on his path to fame.

In addition to appearing with Stern, Schimmel was a frequent guest on “Late Night With Conan O’Brien.”

The self-deprecating Schimmel was known for incorporating details from his personal life – the good, the bad and the ugly – into his routines. Schimmel survived a heart attack and battled non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. His first marriage ended in a messy divorce; he was on the brink of splitting with his second wife.

“He was the butt of his own jokes and lampooned his own foibles and unique circumstance,” Bob Merlis, the veteran music publicist who signed him to Warner Bros. Records in 1996, told the Examiner.com. Schimmel is survived by his father, Otto; sister, Sandy; brother, Jeffrey and his second wife, Melissa.

He’s also survived by his three children from his first marriage – Jessica, Aliyah and Jacob – and two sons from his second marriage, Max and Sam.