The Simpsons star Steve Pepoon, who won an Emmy Award for his work on the iconic sitcom, died suddenly outside his home and his wife recently confirmed the news
A legend of The Simpsons series has sadly died.
Steve Pepoon was 68 when he died outside his home in Paola, Kansas on 3 May and his wife Mary Stephenson confirmed the news to The Hollywood Reporter. The writer had been in treatment for cardiac amyloidosis for two years prior to his passing.
Pepoon won an Emmy Award for The Simpsons’ season two episode 13, titled Homer Vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment, which originally aired on 7 February 1991.
The episode followed Homer as he attempted to get an illegal cable TV hookup, but Lisa protested by pointing out that he was breaking the 8th Commandment – “Thou shall not steal.”
Back in 2016, Pepoon discussed his Emmy nomination 25 years prior and said: “For whatever reason they chose my episode.”
Steve also co-created Nickelodeon’s The Wild Thornberrys and worked on ALF, It’s Gary Shandling’s Show and Roseanne.
He graduated from Kansas State University back in 1978 and moved to LA to start his writing career before landing a gig on ALF.
After the sad news broke, animation fans took to Twitter/X to pay tribute to the legendary writer as posts about Steve began to flood the site.
One person wrote: “Ohh no, thoughts & prayers. This cartoon is EPIC,” while another person said: “There’s gotta be a time machine.”
Elsewhere in The Simpsons news, the show has been confirmed for another four more seasons after an announcement last month.
Fox revealed that the new seasons are a “pact” with Disney TV Studios branded a “meganimation deal”.
Fans of the show have shared their thoughts on social media and one person said: “Ohhh wow, I love it.”
“Great news, we will be happy to watch the new seasons, these things cannot be cancelled,” gushed another adult animation fan, while a third person said it was “great news”.
Another excited person wrote: “Nice! Love that we’re getting more of both The Simpsons and Family Guy.”
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