This Is Us writer Jas Waters has died at the age of 39 of unknown causes.
Waters worked as a writer on Comedy Central series Hood Adjacent With James Davis and The Breaks on VH1 before joining This Is Us as a staff writer in 2017.
Waters’ death was announced via the This Is Us writers’ Twitter account on Wednesday (10 June) night, with their statement reading: “The entire #ThisIsUs family was devastated to learn of Jas Waters passing.
This Is Us actor Chrissy Metz wrote: “We were graced with @JasFly on the show as a fantastic writer but to know her and her beautiful spirit was to love her.