Ever since news of Harris Wittels’ death spread across the world. Multiple celebrities, friends, and coworkers have tweeted, posted, and paid tribute to the comedic star.
The 30-year- old who has spoken about his struggle with drug addiction, was found on his couch by his assistant. The official cause of death is still unknown, but several publications and unidentified sources have pointed in the direction of a drug overdose.
Harris Wittels itorked behind the scenes for most of his most well-know works like producing Parks And Recreation, Eastbound & Down, and The Sarah Silverman Show. Harris Wittels was drafted by Sarah Silverman back in 2007 to write for the show. He had a huge presence on Twitter – credited with creating the trend #humblebrag on Twitter. On top of writing some of the funniest episodes to hit TV, he was a stand up comedian. Wittels was actually performing stand-up the night before his passing at The Meltdown comedy club on Wednesday night.
People who were in his presence at the comedy club the night before could not believe it.
https://twitter.com/steveagee/status/568591437282955265
My god we are so heartbroken over the loss of Harris Wittels and feel lucky to have known him at all.
— The Meltdown (@meltdown_show) February 20, 2015
https://twitter.com/kumailn/status/568595113405865985
Wittels had spoken previously about his struggle with drug addiction and had gone to rehab twice.
On Thursday, Amy Poehler was at the Unite4:Humanity event where she spoke about her dear friend during her acceptance speech of the unity award, “So, here’s my daily life – today, I lost a friend. I lost a dear, young man in my life who was struggling with addiction and died. Just a few hours before we came.”
Poehler continued: “Jane [Aronson] and I sat and talked about it. I’m sharing it with you because life and death live so close together and we walk that fine line every day and at the end of the day when things happen in our lives, we turn to people that we love, and we look to our family and our community for support, and we lean on people in a hope that they will ease our pain.”
Since then, many celebrities and well-known figures have spoken out about this tragic event.
RIP and thank you, Harris Wittels.
— comedycentral (@ComedyCentral) February 20, 2015
https://twitter.com/laurenlapkus/status/568582594717032448
https://twitter.com/RonFunches/status/568585158816706561
@kumailn I took this last night. What a fucking tragedy. pic.twitter.com/O3xeKEjCY8
— Morgan Miller (@MrMorganMiller) February 20, 2015
Harris Wittels wrote my first episode of Eastbound and Down and was a hilarious and fun guy to hang out with. I'm very sad today
— Ike Barinholtz (@ikebarinholtz) February 20, 2015
Goddammit. Addiction takes another. Goodbye Harris Wittels, you were so funny and so sweet. It's a pleasure to have known you. #ParksandRec
— Rob Lowe (@RobLowe) February 20, 2015
I am truly crushed to report that a brilliant comic mind, Harris Wittels, has passed away. This really fucking sucks. #RIPHarris
— ʞɔiwbɿɒH ꙅiɿʜƆ (@hardwick) February 20, 2015
So sad to hear of the passing of Harris Wittels. Such a talent. Such a loss.#HarrisWittels
— Kevin Nealon (@kevin_nealon) February 20, 2015
https://twitter.com/JoeMande/status/568601868064043009
Fucking fuck!! Really? Funny little guy! RIP Harris Wittels.
— Brian Posehn (@thebrianposehn) February 20, 2015
HARRIS: sweet guy; no BS; straight up honest guy, type you'd want to gravitate to at a party; amazing how open he was w/ us about his pain.
— Matt Besser (@MattBesser) February 20, 2015
Such heartbreaking news about Harris Wittels. A really funny guy.
— Seth Meyers (@sethmeyers) February 20, 2015
Don't know what to say. Harris Wittels was a fantastic writer I had the pleasure to work with at Parks and Rec. So so sad. RIP Harris.
— billy eichner (@billyeichner) February 20, 2015
RIP Harris. You were great.
— John Mulaney (@mulaney) February 20, 2015
Sarah Silverman’s consecutive tweets are truly heartbreaking.
He was my baby. I just keep thinking of superman flying backwards around the earth. I wish I could do that. I'm so mad at you Harris
— Sarah Silverman (@SarahKSilverman) February 20, 2015
You should know that Harris was brilliant beyond compare. That his imagination was without limit. That he loved comedy more than anything.
— Sarah Silverman (@SarahKSilverman) February 20, 2015
That his heart was big and he FELT hard. That he was someone who would reach out to tell you he was thinking of you for no particular reason
— Sarah Silverman (@SarahKSilverman) February 20, 2015
That he was honest even if it was gonna piss u off or make him look shitty. He told the truth. Even when it was ugly. Even when he lied.
— Sarah Silverman (@SarahKSilverman) February 20, 2015
Aziz Ansari took to his Tumblr to post memories of Harris.
You can read the full post here.
Below is a clip from Parks And Recreation where Harris played an Animal Control employee.
Parks and Recreation is in its final season. The last episode will air this Thursday.
[Photo credit: MSNBC]
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