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Anne Beatts, original Saturday Night Live writer, dead at 74
Anne Beatts also created Square Pegs, what was then a rare sitcom centering on teenage girls and starring Sarah Jessica Parker in her breakthrough role. Author: Associated Press Updated: 7:46 PM EDT April 8, 2021
NEW YORK Anne Beatts, a groundbreaking comedy writer with a taste for sweetness and the macabre who was on the original staff of “Saturday Night Live” and later created the cult sitcom “Square Pegs,” has died. She was 74.
Beatts died Wednesday at her home in West Hollywood, California, according to her close friend Rona Kennedy. Kennedy, a film producer and a fellow faculty member at Chapman University, did not immediately know the cause of death.
Anne Beatts, Groundbreaking SNL Comedy Writer, Dead At 74
Beatts was on the original staff of “Saturday Night Live” and later created the cult sitcom “Square Pegs.”
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LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 10: Anne Beatts attends the premiere Of Abramorama s Live From New York! - Red Carpet at Landmark Theatre on June 10, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Getty Images)
NEW YORK (AP) Anne Beatts, a groundbreaking comedy writer who was on the original staff of “Saturday Night Live” and later created the cult sitcom “Square Pegs,” has died. She was 74.
Beatts died Wednesday at her home in West Hollywood, California, according to her close friend Rona Kennedy. Kennedy, a film producer and a fellow faculty member at Chapman University, did not immediately know the cause of death.
Anne Beatts, comedy writer on original ‘SNL’ staff and more, dies at 74
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FILE - Anne Beatts arrives at the premiere of Live from New York! in Los Angeles on June 10, 2015. Beatts, a groundbreaking comedy writer who was on the original staff of “Saturday Night Live” and later created the cult sitcom “Square Pegs,” died Wednesday, April 7, at her home in West Hollywood, California, according to her close friend Rona Kennedy. She was 74. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP
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NEW YORK (AP) Anne Beatts, a groundbreaking comedy writer with a taste for sweetness and the macabre who was on the original staff of “Saturday Night Live” and later created the cult sitcom “Square Pegs,” has died. She was 74.
Anne Beatts, comedy writer on original ‘SNL’ staff dies at 74
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FILE - Anne Beatts arrives at the premiere of Live from New York! in Los Angeles on June 10, 2015. Beatts, a groundbreaking comedy writer who was on the original staff of “Saturday Night Live” and later created the cult sitcom “Square Pegs,” died Wednesday, April 7, at her home in West Hollywood, California, according to her close friend Rona Kennedy. She was 74. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP
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Anne Beatts, a groundbreaking comedy writer with a taste for sweetness and the macabre who was on the original staff of “Saturday Night Live” and later created the cult sitcom “Square Pegs,” has died. She was 74.