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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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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...
Drake Sather, the comedian who co-wrote and co-starred in Zoolander, died by suicide in 2004. Ben Stiller, who played Derek Zoolander, pays tribute to his friend and collaborator in this Esquire article.
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Drake Sather was a writer and standup comedian who killed himself in 2004. He wrote Zoolander, worked on The Larry Sanders Show, and left funny notes around his house before shooting himself.
Drake Sather was a comedy writer and producer who worked on shows like The Larry Sanders Show, NewsRadio and Zoolander. He died by suicide in 2004 at age 44, after marital problems.
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- May 24, 1959
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Mar 17, 2004 · Drake Sather, co-writer of \"Zoolander\" with Ben Stiller, died in 2004 at age 44. He also wrote for \"Saturday Night Live\", \"The Larry Sanders Show\" and other comedies.
A documentary short about Drake Sather, the co-creator of the Zoolander character, who died in 2004. Features interviews with Will Ferrell, Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, and Judd Apatow.
Feb 11, 2016 · Arts. Ben Stiller on the tragedy that delayed Zoolander 2. It's a sequel that Zoolander himself Ben Stiller put off for 15 years and the reason isn't what you might think. The 50-year-old filmmaker and actor was deeply affected by the death of comedian Drake Sather, who took his own life in 2004.
