LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS – Episode 613 – Pictured: Comedian Kenny DeForest performs on November 22, 2017 – (Photo by: Lloyd Bishop/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images)
NEW YORK – New York-based comedian Kenny DeForest has died after an e-bike accident in New York City.
DeForest, 37, was reportedly on a Citi Bike near the intersection of Rogers Avenue and Sterling Place in Brooklyn when he fell and hit the ground, hitting his head.
The accident was originally reported as a hit-and-run, but according to The Guardian, a friend of DeForest said he learned from an emergency services report that it was an e-bike accident.
DeForest was admitted to Kings County Hospital, where he “underwent neurological surgery to remove a piece of his skull and relieve pressure from a brain hemorrhage.”
DeForest died on December 13th.
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A GoFundMe started by DeForest's friend and fellow comedian Ryan Beck to help Deforest's family cover his medical bills has raised over $150,000.
DeForest has appeared on NBC's “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” CBS' “The Late Late Show with James Corden” and the HBO show “Crashing.”