Eric Gilliland, a TV writer and producer known for his work onRoseanne, has died.
Gilliland died on Sunday, Sep. 1, his sister Lisa confirmed toVariety.
A representative for Gilliland did not immediately respond toEntertainment Weeklys request for comment.
Eric Gilliland.AMBER De VOS /Patrick McMullan via Getty
AndMonty Python, Jack Benny, The Carol Burnett Show, SNLand bad puns.
(Yes, people, we started a pun club).
So I owe him a lot for that.
Eric Gilliland and Martha Plimpton.D Dipasupil/Getty
Rest in Peace, Little Bucky.
But first take a big, hammy bow.
Deadpool & WolverinestarRyan Reynoldswas also among those who paid tribute to Gilliland,writing, He was kind.
Roseanne Barr, Lecy Goranson, Sara Gilbert, Michael Fishman, John Goodman on ‘Roseanne’.ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty
And funny as hell.
And incapable of holding a conversation that was cruel or tore someone down.
Its a tragedy hes gone and a tragedy more people wont have the chance to know him.
The world is a less happy and laughter filled place without my friend,@ergill2, Eric Gilliland.
In his own tribute post,ScandalactorDan Bucaitinksy wrote, There are no words.
For a man who was so good with his… brilliant.
His legacy is the wake of love he generated from so many friends.
Michael Fishman, who starred as D.J.
onRoseanne, alsopenned a tributeon Instagram.
“Heaven got another great writer,” he wrote.
“They always take the best.
I know they’re laughing hard.
Endless dry wit and an encyclopedia of knowledge, Eric Gilliland is unforgettable.”
Born March 28, 1962 in Illinois, Gilliland was a graduate of Northwestern University.
It was briefly rebooted in 2018, before spinning off intoThe Conners.
He later served as a consulting producer for the first two episodes of the spin-off.
Sunshine, a short-lived sitcom starring lateFriendsalum Matthew Perry.
