Emmy-winning comedy writer Dan McGrath, who wrote for “The Simpsons” and “SNL,” died, his family said.
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Dan McGrath, an Emmy winning comedy writer best known for his work on “The Simpsons,” “Saturday Night Live” and “King of the Hill” died Friday, his family announced. He was 61.
“We lost my incredible brother Danny yesterday. He was a special man, one of a kind. An incredible son, brother, uncle and friend,” his sister Gail McGrath Garabadian wrote on Facebook. “Our hearts are broken.”
She told The Hollywood Reporter his cause of death was a stroke.
Brooklyn-native McGrath had writing credit on 50 “The Simpsons” episodes and won an Emmy in 1997 for episode 168, “Homer’s Phobia.” He also produced another 24 episodes from 1996 to 1998, according to IMDb.
He also contributed to series like “Muppets Tonight,” “Mission Hill,” “Gravity Falls” and “The PJs,” according to Deadline.
McGrath got an Emmy nomination for his work on SNL in 1992, according to IMDb.
He graduated from Harvard University where he became the vice president of the Harvard Lampoon and an acclaimed theater director, according to an online obituary.
He is survived by his mother, Eleanor; his brother Michael and wife Caroline; his brother Peter; his sister, Gail; his nephew Dillon and his nieces Kylie and Emma.