Kevin Curran, a comedy writer and producer who spent 15 years on The Simpsons, has died in Los Angeles after a long illness.
Spokeswoman Antonia Coffman says the 59-year-old writer died on Oct. 25.
Curran joined The Simpsons in 2001 and in recent years had been co-executive producer. Some of the notable episodes he wrote include 2005’s Don’t Fear the Roofer and 2014’s The Winter of His Content.
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“Kevin Curran was a sweet, brilliant man who said many hilarious things, some unprintable, others which will live forever in a children’s cartoon,” The Simpsons executive writer and producer Al Jean said in an official statement regarding his colleague’s death.
He won three Emmy Awards on The Simpsons for Outstanding Program in 2003, 2006 and 2008 and in 2010 he was nominated for a Humanitas award for his episode The Greatest Story Ever D’ohed.
In the 1980s he was on the writing team of Late Night with David Letterman, where he shared three other Emmys.
He attended Harvard University and wrote for Married … With Children. He also served as the uncredited voice of Buck the Dog.
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Many took to Twitter to express their grief.
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It is still unclear what complications led to Curran’s passing or what form of cancer he was diagnosed with. Curran is survived by his children Dashiell and Romy, who were from a previous relationship with Bridget Jones creator Helen Fielding.
With files from the Associated Press