The International Myeloma Foundation (IMF) held its second annual Comedy Celebration benefiting The Peter Boyle Memorial Fund on Saturday in Los Angeles, California.

Peter Boyle was an Emmy Award-winning actor and was most recently well-known as the father, Frank Barone, on the CBS show Everybody Loves Raymond. Fellow cast members Ray Romano, Doris Roberts, and Patricia Heaton were among the guests at this year's benefit.

The Peter Boyle Memorial Fund was started by his family in 2006 after his death from multiple myeloma and heart disease. Its main goals are to raise funds for furthering research on multiple myeloma as well as increasing public awareness of the disease.

The benefit has been a huge success both in celebrating the life of Peter Boyle and raising awareness of multiple myeloma. Last year the IMF raised $650,000 to support The Peter Boyle Memorial Fund.

For more information see Hollyscoop for coverage of this year's benefit and the IMF (PDF) for coverage of last year's benefit.