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Courtesy photo 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. He was 54.
His family said the accident occurred on a rural road where he had a country home.
He spent nine years on “The Daily Show” and an additional eight years as a writer for “Politically Incorrect” with Bill Maher and Dennis Miller.
His other writing credits included Disney+’s “The Right Stuff,” Fox’s “Sleepy Hollow” and Bravo’s “Significant Others.”
Born in Bethesda, Maryland, Bleyer was raised in Seattle and had lived in New York City for the past 20 years.
He is survived by his wife, Nella Vera; his father Dtr. Archie Bleyer; and his brother Keith Bleyer, sister-in-law Kelly Schulz-Bleyer, nephew Evan Bleyer and niece Lauren Bleyer.
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