Comedian Perry Kurtz Fatally Hit on 19563 Ventura Boulevard [Los Angeles, CA]

Los Angeles, CA (August 17, 2024) – Comedian Perry Kurtz, 73, of Reseda, was killed in a hit-and-run crash on 19563 Ventura Boulevard Thursday night.

It was about 11:20 p.m. when the collision happened south of the Ventura Freeway in Tarzana.

Responding officers determined an eastbound dark sedan had struck Kurtz who was walking outside of the crosswalk. The impact of the collision threw Kurtz in an easterly direction onto the roadway. 

Sadly, Perry Kurtz was declared deceased at the crash scene.

The Honda fled eastbound without rendering aid to the victim.

The authorities later located the hit-and-run driver, Nathon Jaimes, 18, of also of Reseda, and booked him on suspicion of felony hit-and-run causing death. Jaimes was released about 8:45 a.m. on $30,000 bail.

Kurtz started his career in the 1970s. Among his appearances were  “America’s Got Talent” and “The Late Late Show with James Corden”.

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Sweet Lawyers expresses sympathies to the loved ones of the deceased. Our hearts are with you through these trying times.

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Perry Kurtz Dies in Hit-and-Run Crash in LA

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