Drake Sather

Drake Sather (1959–2004) was a stand-up comedian and Emmy nominated television writer. His credits include Zoolander, Saturday Night Live, Dennis Miller Show, Ed and Newsradio. 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Look up stand up in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A comedian, or comic, is an entertainer who amuses an audience by making them laugh. ... An Emmy Award. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... Zoolander is a 2001 film based on a pair of short films directed by Russell Bates and written by Drake Sather and Ben Stiller for the VH1 Fashion Awards television show in 1996 and 1997. ... Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a weekly late night 90-minute American comedy-variety show based in New York City which has been broadcast by NBC nearly every Saturday night since its debut on October 11, 1975. ... Dennis Miller on his self-titled CNBC show Dennis Miller (born November 3, 1953 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American comedian, political and social commentator, and television personality. ... Ed was an NBC television program produced by David Lettermans Worldwide Pants Incorporated from 2000-2004. ... NewsRadio was an American sitcom, originally broadcast from 1995 to 1999 on NBC. The show was created by executive producer Paul Simms, a writer for The Larry Sanders Show and Late Night with David Letterman. ...

Sather was born on May 24, 1959 in Seattle, Washington. He was nominated for an Emmy Award for his work on The Larry Sanders Show. Sather wrote for Saturday Night Live during the 1993-1994 season. His last credit was a television remake of Mr. Ed for which he was also an executive producer. May 24 is the 144th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (145th in leap years). ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: The Emerald City Location of Seattle in King County and Washington Coordinates: Country United States State Washington County King County Incorporated December 2, 1869 Mayor Greg Nickels Area    - City 369. ... An Emmy Award. ... The Larry Sanders Show was a satirical television series that originally aired from 1992 to 1998 on the HBO cable television network in the USA. It starred former stand-up comedian Garry Shandling as the shows vain, self-obsessed, neurotic host, Larry Sanders. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Mister Ed was a popular US television comedy show that aired on CBS from 1961-1966. ...

Sather died of a gunshot wound at age 44 on March 3, 2004 and his death was ruled a suicide. Supposedly, Sather was distraught over marital problems^{[citation needed]}. He had four children. The field of wound ballistics largely comprises the study of the physiology and medical effects of projectile weapons (chiefly, but not exclusively, bullets) on humans. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Suicide (from Latin sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the act of willfully ending ones own life. ...

The coroner's report described several notes written above the bed he died in to police officers, coroners, and crime scene staff, some of them humorous musings about suicide and the end of life [1].