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Drake Sather (May 24, 1959 – March 3, 2004) was an American stand-up comedian, television writer, and producer. His credits include the film Zoolander, and the TV series The Dennis Miller Show, Ed, Gary & Mike, Mr. Ed (2004 remake), The Larry Sanders Show, NewsRadio, Sammy, and Saturday Night Live .
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- March 3, 2004 (aged 44), Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- May 24, 1959, Seattle, Washington, U.S.
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale
- A Comedian Enters
- But Why Male Models?
- A Laughless Exit
- A Comedian Is Remembered
Born in 1959 in the Seattle suburbs, Sather moved to Los Angeles in the 1980s and, known for his wickedly subversive sense of humor, quickly rose in the stand-up scene. He was tall, handsome, and Stiller says "the coolest of the group" of comedians that also included Judd Apatow and Andy Dick. Sather climbed quickly, appearing on Letterman three ti...
The goofy "what is this, a center for ants?" veneer of Stiller's Zoolander belied a trenchant commentary on the vain and famous that was Sather's signature. "He was never quite comfortable in the culture of abundance," says his wife, Marnie. Stiller echoes the point succinctly: "He enjoyed taking the piss out of celebrities." It's not that Sather d...
Sather was gone before he had the chance to see his influence. "He got tripped up in a bit of a mid-life crisis," says Marnie Sather who now lives in Australia and works as a therapist to create resources for people grieving from a suicide. "I think the saddest part is knowing that it didn't have to be that way. In life we have some bad moments in ...
In many ways, the sequel has been a healing experience for Marnie and her children. Last month they attended the Sydney premiere of Zoolander 2 at which Stiller paid tribute to Sather. "So much of our children's memory of him is his final act"—Sather's suicide—"so to be there and celebrate their dad's comedic tendencies was really moving," Marnie s...
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Drake Sather was born on 24 May 1959 in Seattle, Washington, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for The Larry Sanders Show (1992), Zoolander 2 (2016) and NewsRadio (1995). He was married to Marnie Stroud and Krystal Sather. He died on 3 March 2004 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Producer, Writer, Additional Crew
- May 24, 1959
- Drake Sather
- March 3, 2004
Jun 21, 2016 · Apparently Sather was a very beloved member of the LA comedy world in this era when blogging was just catching on. Here’s a post about him on Margeret Cho’s official website.
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- Eddie Brawley
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May 24, 2016 · Drake Sather: The Man Who Created Zoolander: With Will Ferrell, Joel Gallen, Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson. A look at Sather's life and comic career and the impact his death had on his friends, family, and the greater world around him.
Mar 17, 2004 · TV and film scribe Drake Sather, co-writer of the film “Zoolander” with Ben Stiller, died March 3 in Los Angeles of undisclosed causes. He was 44. A native of Seattle, Sather was a writer on...
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Drake Sather was born on May 24, 1959 in Seattle, Washington, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for The Larry Sanders Show (1992), Zoolander 2 (2016) and NewsRadio (1995). He was married to Marnie Stroud and Krystal Sather. He died on March 3, 2004 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
