Kevin Bleyer, Emmy-Winning ‘Daily Show’ Writer, Dies at 54 in Car Accident
Kevin Bleyer, a writer who worked on “The Daily Show” and won four Primetime Emmy Awards, a Peabody Award and a Writers Guild Award, died Sunday in a car…
Kevin Bleyer, a writer who worked on “The Daily Show” and won four Primetime Emmy Awards, a Peabody Award and a Writers Guild Award, died Sunday in a car accident in Millrift, Pennsylvania, Variety reported.
His family said the accident occurred on a rural road where he had a country home.
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