Comic Robert Schimmel's Death Recalls Other Legendary Comedians from the Howard Stern Guest List

The announcement that comedian Robert Schimmel has died due to an auto accident was tragic.

The well-known comic unfortunately has joined a list of names that sadly and coincidentally share one famous name in common.

Schimmel's death makes him another of the terrifically talented comedians who have been guests on Howard Stern's radio program and then, sadly, died.

Sam Kinison was a popular guest on Stern's early years in New York. Until he died.

Rodney Dangerfield may not have gotten any respect in life but with Stern, he was always treated with reverence and respect for the wonderful comedian that his was. He was a frequent guest until he died.

Until he passed away, Mitch Hedberg was another comic name from the past of the Howard Stern guest list.

Perhaps you may even remember hearing an appearance of famed Borscht Belt comedian Buddy Hackett on the Howard Stern program. Hackett died in 2003.

Comedian Soupy Sales took thousands of pies in the face during his long career and took lots of jabs from Howard Stern especially when they both shared airtime on WNBC-660 Radio in New York City. Before and even after Soupy died last year, Howard admitted to being a big fan of the pie-in-the-face- star.

The fact is, Howard Stern has been a big fan of some of the great names in the world of comedy and many of the industry's biggest and best names have passed through his studio before they passed away.

Milton Berle appeared many times, talking about what Howard and Milton didn't share.

Grandpa Al Lewis was a semi-regular.

Other funny folks who appeared while they were alive included the legendary Bob Hope, Saturday Night Live's Gilda Radnor, "Tiptoe through the Tulips' "Tiny Tim and comic-actor Richard Jeni, among others.

No doubt while sharing a microphone with Howard Stern, some of comic legend's George Carlin's "7 dirty words" tried to make it on the air...only to be bleeped.

One thing's for sure, while they were alive, no comedian ever died while being interviewed by Howard Stern.