A truly gifted writer is being remembered after a horrific tragedy.
Kevin Bleyer, an Emmy-winning writer for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, died on Oct. 25 in a car crash, his wife Nella Vera confirmed. He was 54.
“It is with the heaviest of hearts that I share the news that my beloved husband and love of my life, Kevin Bleyer died in a car crash,” Vera wrote in an Oct. 27 Instagram post. “I am devastated, heartbroken, shattered. I am joined in grief by his father and brother, sister-in-law, and niece and nephew.”
Bleyer earned eight nominations and four Emmys while writing for Jon Stewart’s political comedy show and contributed to several of Barack Obama’s addresses during his presidency, including at the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner. He also, according to his personal biography, wrote “at least one” speech for Shakira.
After earning a degree from Stanford University, Bleyer launched his political comedy career on Bill Maher’s Politically Incorrect series in the early aughts, but began his career in theater as an assistant to Anna Deavere Smith.
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