Drake Sather was an American stand-up comedian

Stand-up comedy

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 and Emmy

Emmy Award

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 nominated television

Television

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 writer

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. His credits include Zoolander

Zoolander

Zoolander is a 2001 American satirical comedy film directed by and starring Ben Stiller. The film contains elements from a pair of short films directed by Russell Bates and written by Drake Sather and Stiller for the VH1 Fashion Awards television specials in 1996 and 1997. The short films and the...

, Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

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, Dennis Miller Show

Dennis Miller

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, Ed

Ed (TV series)

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and NewsRadio

NewsRadio

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.

Sather was born in Seattle, Washington. He was nominated for an Emmy Award

Emmy Award

An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...

 for his work on The Larry Sanders Show

The Larry Sanders Show

The Larry Sanders Show is a satirical television sitcom that aired from August 1992 to May 1998 on the HBO cable television network in the United States. It starred stand-up comedian Garry Shandling as vain, neurotic talk show host Larry Sanders, and centered on the running of his TV show, and the...

. Sather wrote for Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture...

during the 1994-1995

History of Saturday Night Live (1990-1995)

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 season. His last credit was a television remake of Mr. Ed for which he was also an executive producer.

Sather died of a gunshot wound

Wound ballistics

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 to the head on March 3, 2004. His death was ruled a suicide

Suicide

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. He had four children with his second wife.

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