Bob Smh, Pneerg Gay Comedian and Wrer, Di at 59 – The Hollywood Reporter

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• BOB SMH, GROUNDBREAKG GAY COMEDIAN, IS DEAD AT 59
• BOB SMH, PNEERG GAY COMEDIAN AND WRER, DI AT 59
• BOB SMH, TRAILBLAZG GAY COMEDIAN AND AUTHOR, DI AT 59HE WAS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE IC TO PERFORM ON "THE TONIGHT SHOW."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY BRANDON VOSSJANUARY 21, 2018/11:13 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:3000PX;WIDTH:1833PX;}MARGARET NORTON/NBC/GETTY IMAGTHE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO -- EPISO 496 -- PICTURED: COMEDIAN BOB SMH PERFORMS ON JULY 13, 1994-- (PHOTO BY: MARGARET NORTON/NBC/NBCU PHOTO BANK VIA GETTY IMAG)BY BRANDON VOSSJANUARY 21, 2018 / 11:13 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"BOB SMH, TRAILBLAZG GAY COMEDIAN AND AUTHOR, DI AT 59","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-01-21T16:13:32.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-01-21T16:13:32.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRANDON VOSS","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BOB SMH, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE IC TO PERFORM ON THE TONIGHT SHOW AND STAR HIS OWN 30-MUTE HBO SPECIAL, DIED SATURDAY HIS NEW YORK CY HOME, ACRDG TO THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER.STEPHEN SHUGERMAN/GETTY IMAGCENTURY CITY, CA - NOVEMBER 6: COMIC BOB SMH PERFORMS AT THE L.A. GAY AND LBIAN CENTER'S 33RD ANIVERSARY AND AUCTN AT THE WT CENTURY PLAZA HOTEL ON NOVEMBER 6, 2004 CENTURY CY, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY STEPHEN SHUGERMAN/GETTY IMAG) *** LOL CAPTN *** BOB {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT’S WH GREAT SADNS, BUT ALSO A LIFETIME OF HAPPY MEMORI THAT I’M WRG TO SHARE THAT MY BELOVED BOB SMH PASSED AWAY THIS MORNG AT AGE 59 AFTER A REMARKABLE 12-YEAR BATTLE WH ALS," SMH’S PARTNER, MICHAEL ZAM, NFIRMED ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"HE WAS THE FUNNIT AND MOST OPTIMISTIC PERSON I’VE EVER KNOWN, AS WELL AS THE MOST MTED AND STUBBORN (I’M NVCED THIS LAST TRA KEPT HIM GOG SO WELL FOR SO LONG)."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOLLOWG HIS GROUNDBREAKG 1994 APPEARANC ON HBO COMEDY HALF-HOUR AND THE TONIGHT SHOW WH JAY LENO, SMH PERFORMED SETS ON TV SHOWS AND SPECIALS SUCH AS POLILLY INRRECT WH BILL MAHER, WISECRACK, AND HOT GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OPENLY BOB, SMH'S 1997 TOBGRAPHIL SAY LLECTN, WON THE LAMBDA BOOK AWARD FOR HUMOR. THE CELEBRATED THOR'S OTHER BOOKS CLU WAY TO GO, SMH, SELFISH & PERVERSE, AND REMEMBRANCE OF THGS I FOT. SMH PUBLISHED HIS LAST LLECTN OF SAYS, TREEHAB: TAL OM MY NATURAL WILD LIFE, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS A TELEVISN WRER, SMH WROTE FOR ROSEANNE, MADTV, AND THE MTV VIO MIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SMH, WHO ME UP NEW YORK'S GREENWICH VILLAGE EDY SCENE THE 1980S, FIRST FOUND SUCCS WH FELLOW OUT EDIANS DANNY MCWILLIAMS AND JAFFE COHEN AS “FUNNY GAY MAL.” THE TR TOURED THE WORLD AND BEME THE FIRST OPENLY GAY EDIANS TO PERFORM ON NATNAL TELEVISN WHEN THEY APPEARED ON THE JOAN RIVERS SHOW.MICHAEL ZAM/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER BEG DIAGNOSED WH ALS, A PROGRSIVE NROGENERATIVE DISEASE, SMH STOPPED PERFORMG LIVE STAND-UP {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“MAKG PEOPLE LGH HAS BEEN ONE OF THE GREATT PRIVILEG MY LIFE,” SMH TOLD NEWNOWNEXT A 2016 TERVIEW. “I KNOW SOME PEOPLE THK HUMOR ISN’T AS IMPORTANT AS OTHER THGS, BUT ’S A VAL PONENT OF EVERYTHG! IT ALLOWS TO NNECT WH EACH OTHER, LSEN OUR FEARS, LIGHTEN OUR WORK, AND BEAR THE UNBEARABLE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SMH AND HIS PARTNER RAISED TWO CHILDREN TOGETHER, MALE AND XANR. ZAM, -CREATOR OF FX'S FD: BETTE AND JOAN, SAYS A MEMORIAL FOR SMH WILL BE HELD AT A EDY CLUB THE NEAR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

BOB SMH, GROUNDBREAKG GAY COMEDIAN, IS DEAD AT 59

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“I thk what I brg to stand-up edy, ” he said “We’re Funny That Way, ” a 1998 documentary, “is a pot of view of a gay man that isn’t the victim, isn’t the butt of the joke; I’m makg the joke. “I e om a very nservative fay, ” he said, “and wasn’t easy tellg my parents that I’m gay. I said, ‘Mom, would you please pass the gravy to a homosexual?

BOB SMH, PNEERG GAY COMEDIAN AND WRER, DI AT 59

Smh tellg that same joke years earlier, and what Sarfaty“Bob me out onstage as a proud gay man straight edy clubs the mid-’80s at the height of the AIDS crisis by tellg an unthreateng and hilar joke, ” she said by email. “While talkg about sex wh your parents is difficult for straight teenagers, ’s even more tryg for gay teenagers, ” he wrote. Grand, a club SoHo, July 1986, a time when beg openly gay was ght wh risks, pecially the world of edy, where heterosexual men domated and gay-bashg was still good for lghs.

”In 1988 he, Jaffe Cohen and Danny McWilliams formed Funny Gay Mal, each man performg his own material an eveng-length show. “I jt said to myself, ‘I hope the gay roo’s town. Smh was apparently the first openly gay ic on the show was not somethg anyone realized until afterward, Mr.

“He was a proud gay person. I thk prr to that a lot of gay edians played to a gay dience.

BOB SMH, TRAILBLAZG GAY COMEDIAN AND AUTHOR, DI AT 59HE WAS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE IC TO PERFORM ON "THE TONIGHT SHOW."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY BRANDON VOSSJANUARY 21, 2018/11:13 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:3000PX;WIDTH:1833PX;}MARGARET NORTON/NBC/GETTY IMAGTHE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO -- EPISO 496 -- PICTURED: COMEDIAN BOB SMH PERFORMS ON JULY 13, 1994-- (PHOTO BY: MARGARET NORTON/NBC/NBCU PHOTO BANK VIA GETTY IMAG)BY BRANDON VOSSJANUARY 21, 2018 / 11:13 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"BOB SMH, TRAILBLAZG GAY COMEDIAN AND AUTHOR, DI AT 59","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-01-21T16:13:32.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-01-21T16:13:32.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRANDON VOSS","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BOB SMH, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE IC TO PERFORM ON THE TONIGHT SHOW AND STAR HIS OWN 30-MUTE HBO SPECIAL, DIED SATURDAY HIS NEW YORK CY HOME, ACRDG TO THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER.STEPHEN SHUGERMAN/GETTY IMAGCENTURY CITY, CA - NOVEMBER 6: COMIC BOB SMH PERFORMS AT THE L.A. GAY AND LBIAN CENTER'S 33RD ANIVERSARY AND AUCTN AT THE WT CENTURY PLAZA HOTEL ON NOVEMBER 6, 2004 CENTURY CY, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY STEPHEN SHUGERMAN/GETTY IMAG) *** LOL CAPTN *** BOB {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT’S WH GREAT SADNS, BUT ALSO A LIFETIME OF HAPPY MEMORI THAT I’M WRG TO SHARE THAT MY BELOVED BOB SMH PASSED AWAY THIS MORNG AT AGE 59 AFTER A REMARKABLE 12-YEAR BATTLE WH ALS," SMH’S PARTNER, MICHAEL ZAM, NFIRMED ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"HE WAS THE FUNNIT AND MOST OPTIMISTIC PERSON I’VE EVER KNOWN, AS WELL AS THE MOST MTED AND STUBBORN (I’M NVCED THIS LAST TRA KEPT HIM GOG SO WELL FOR SO LONG)."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOLLOWG HIS GROUNDBREAKG 1994 APPEARANC ON HBO COMEDY HALF-HOUR AND THE TONIGHT SHOW WH JAY LENO, SMH PERFORMED SETS ON TV SHOWS AND SPECIALS SUCH AS POLILLY INRRECT WH BILL MAHER, WISECRACK, AND HOT GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OPENLY BOB, SMH'S 1997 TOBGRAPHIL SAY LLECTN, WON THE LAMBDA BOOK AWARD FOR HUMOR. THE CELEBRATED THOR'S OTHER BOOKS CLU WAY TO GO, SMH, SELFISH & PERVERSE, AND REMEMBRANCE OF THGS I FOT. SMH PUBLISHED HIS LAST LLECTN OF SAYS, TREEHAB: TAL OM MY NATURAL WILD LIFE, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS A TELEVISN WRER, SMH WROTE FOR ROSEANNE, MADTV, AND THE MTV VIO MIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SMH, WHO ME UP NEW YORK'S GREENWICH VILLAGE EDY SCENE THE 1980S, FIRST FOUND SUCCS WH FELLOW OUT EDIANS DANNY MCWILLIAMS AND JAFFE COHEN AS “FUNNY GAY MAL.” THE TR TOURED THE WORLD AND BEME THE FIRST OPENLY GAY EDIANS TO PERFORM ON NATNAL TELEVISN WHEN THEY APPEARED ON THE JOAN RIVERS SHOW.MICHAEL ZAM/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER BEG DIAGNOSED WH ALS, A PROGRSIVE NROGENERATIVE DISEASE, SMH STOPPED PERFORMG LIVE STAND-UP {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“MAKG PEOPLE LGH HAS BEEN ONE OF THE GREATT PRIVILEG MY LIFE,” SMH TOLD NEWNOWNEXT A 2016 TERVIEW. “I KNOW SOME PEOPLE THK HUMOR ISN’T AS IMPORTANT AS OTHER THGS, BUT ’S A VAL PONENT OF EVERYTHG! IT ALLOWS TO NNECT WH EACH OTHER, LSEN OUR FEARS, LIGHTEN OUR WORK, AND BEAR THE UNBEARABLE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SMH AND HIS PARTNER RAISED TWO CHILDREN TOGETHER, MALE AND XANR. ZAM, -CREATOR OF FX'S FD: BETTE AND JOAN, SAYS A MEMORIAL FOR SMH WILL BE HELD AT A EDY CLUB THE NEAR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

25, 2018: An earlier versn of this obuary misstated the surname of one of the members of the group Funny Gay Mal, wh which Mr. He is Danny McWilliams, not we handle rrectnsA versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn D, Page 6 of the New York edn wh the headle: Bob Smh, 59, Pneerg Gay Comedian and Author. Bob Smh, a pneerg gay edian and award-wng wrer, died Saturday his New York Cy home om plitns om ALS, his rep told The Hollywood Reporter.

The edian is bt known for beg the first openly gay male edian to star his own 30-mute special on HBO, which aired 1994, and to perform on The Tonight Show Wh Jay Leno. Followg Smh’s groundbreakg appearance on HBO Comedy Half-Hour, he performed sets on ABC’s Polilly Inrrect Wh Bill Maher 1998, MTV’s Wisecrack 2005 and Regent Entertament’s Hot Gay Comics. Smh also wrote the novels Selfish & Perverse (2007), a falist for the Edmund Whe Award for Debut Fictn; and Remembrance of Thgs I Fot (2011), nomated for a LAMBDA for Bt Gay Fictn and shortlisted for the Green Carnatn Prize.

Smh also performed at Montreal’s Jt for Lghs Ftival several tim and headled gay pri paras the U. Born Buffalo, New York, Smh participated the Greenwich Village edy scene New York Cy the early 1980s, but first beme well-known as a member of the “Funny Gay Mal” tr of ics, also cludg Danny McWilliams and Jaffe Cohen, which toured ternatnally and at the March on Washgton for Lbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights and Liberatn 1993. “Funny Gay Mal” beme the first openly gay edians to appear on natnal televisn when they appeared on The Joan Rivers Show.