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Emmy-Winning Writer Dan McGrath Passes Away at 61

11/19/2025

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Dan McGrath, Emmy-winning writer for The Simpsons and Saturday Night Live, died at 61 after a stroke on November 14 in Brooklyn, New York.
He contributed to more than 50 The Simpsons episodes, including Homer’s Phobia, and earned an Emmy nomination in 1992 for Saturday Night Live.
McGrath studied at Harvard, serving as vice president of The Harvard Lampoon, and colleagues remembered him as creative and generous.

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Dan McGrath, Emmy-winning writer for The Simpsons and Saturday Night Live, died at 61 after a stroke on November 14 in Brooklyn, New York.
He contributed to more than 50 The Simpsons episodes, including Homer’s Phobia, and earned an Emmy nomination in 1992 for Saturday Night Live.
McGrath studied at Harvard, serving as vice president of The Harvard Lampoon, and colleagues remembered him as creative and generous.