# Robert Shimmel dead at 60.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-shimmel-dead-at-60/552817>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 6, 2010, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-shimmel-dead-at-60/552817 "2010-09-06T17:46:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2010, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-shimmel-dead-at-60/552817/1 "2010-09-06T17:46:20Z")

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Sorry if this is here somewhere else - I’m fighting an iPod. After defeating cancer, it was a car crash that brought him down. Bummer. Don’t know how to post a link, but it’s all over the news. Too bad, Bob. I’ll miss you.

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2010, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-shimmel-dead-at-60/552817/2 "2010-09-06T17:48:20Z")

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[Previous thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=577023) on the subject.

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2010, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-shimmel-dead-at-60/552817/3 "2010-09-06T17:51:47Z")

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Since there’s already a thread, I’ll lock this one.