Screenwriter Jas Waters has reportedly passed away, according to several online reports from family and industry peers. The cause of death has not been released. She was 39.
Jas Waters, who was also known as Jas Fly, was most known for writing on NBC’s This Is Us. The writers of the show confirmed Waters’ passing on Twitter.
“The entire #ThisIsUs family was devastated to learn of Jas Waters passing,” read the statement. “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.”
Before working as a writer at This Is Us, she maintained her own website and wrote a column for Vibe magazine. She also starred alongside the Breakfast Club’s Angela Yee on VH1’s The Gossip Game.
Other writing credits include The Breaks, Hood Adjacent with James Davis and Kidding. She also penned the Paramount Pictures film What Men Want, starring Taraji P. Henson and Tracy Morgan.
Many of her peers including Dan Fogelman, the creator of This Is Us, took to social media to express their condolences.
Condolences to family and friends.
