This Is Us writer Jas Waters has died at 39. The news of her death was confirmed by the This Is Us writers via their Twitter account on Wednesday afternoon.
“The entire #ThisIsUs family was devastated to learn of Jas Waters passing,” the statement read. “In our time together, Jas left her mark on us and ALL over the show. She was a brilliant storyteller and a force of nature. We send our deepest sympathies to her loved ones. She was one of us. RIP @JasFly.”
The creator of the hit show This Is Us, Dan Fogelman, took to Twitter to express his condolences.
“This news took my breath away,” he wrote. “Jas Waters was absolutely brilliant and had so many stories still to tell. She made an indelible mark on our show and my heart breaks for her loved ones. RIP @JasFly.”
Fellow This Is Us stars and other celebrities that knew Waters also took to Twitter to remember the late TV writer.
Check out some of the tributes below:
Waters has writing credits on 18 episodes of This Is Us.
She also worked on Comedy Central’s Hood Adjacent With James Davis, VH1’s The Breaks, MTV’s Real World and Showtime’s Kidding.
The late TV writer also worked on movies including Hardball, Save The Last Dance and What Men Want. Before her career a screenwriter, Jas Waters also had her own column in VIBE magazine in 2012