Comedian Sarah Silverman discusses her brother's death and her father's revelation in a Rolling Stone interview, shedding light on a family tragedy.

Silverman’s new Netflix special, PostMortem, deals with her parents’ deaths. Her mother Beth died in 2015, while her father Donald died in 2023. Silverman has two sisters, Susan and Laura, the latter of whom once played her sister on The Sarah Silverman Project .

Sarah Silverman recalls her dad telling her that he believes her brother died by being shaken as an infant by her grandfather.