Oct. 29, 2026, 9:13 AM EDT

Kevin Bleyer, a “The Daily Show” writer, died in a car crash Sunday, his wife said in an Instagram statement .

He was 54.

“I am devastated, heartbroken, shattered,” Nella Vera wrote. “My heart has a hole in it that will never be filled,” she posted alongside a picture of him.

Bleyer’s family said the accident happened on a rural road in Millrift, Pennsylvania, Variety reported. He had a home in the area.

Bleyer worked on “The Daily Show” with Jon Stewart for nine years and an additional eight years as a writer for “Politically Incorrect” with Bill Maher and Dennis Miller.

He won four Primetime Emmy Awards, a Writers Guild Award and a Peabody Award for his work.

Bleyer wrote speeches for then-President Barack Obama and then-New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, among others.…