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  "id": 16806999,
  "title": "Kevin Bleyer, Emmy-winning ‘Daily Show’ Writer, Dies at 54 in Car Accident",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/kevin-bleyer-emmy-winning-daily-show-writer-dies-at-54-in-car-accident",
  "topic": "culture",
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  "published": "2026-10-27T20:44:38.000Z",
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    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/kevin-bleyer-dead-daily-show-1236932357/"
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  "summary": "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 […]",
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        "outlet": "The Hollywood Reporter",
        "title": "Kevin Bleyer, Emmy-Winning ‘Daily Show’ Writer, Dies at 54 in Car Crash",
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        "title": "Kevin Bleyer Dies: Emmy Winning ‘Daily Show’ Writer & Barack Obama Speech Writer Dies In Car Crash At 54",
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        "title": "Kevin Bleyer, Emmy-Winning ‘Daily Show’ Writer, Dies in Car Crash at 54",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/kevin-bleyer-emmy-winning-daily-show-writer-dies-in-car-crash-at-54",
        "published": "2026-10-27T20:45:52.000Z"
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