The cause of death has been revealed in the tragic passing of TV and film writer Jas Waters, also known as Jas Fly. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner ruled Waters’ death as a suicide by hanging, an unbelievable development for those who knew her spirit and ambition.
The report conducted by Dr. Carrilo goes on to say that she died at her place of residence.
Charlamagne Tha God of Power 105’s The Breakfast Club was particularly lost for words when finding out his industry peer and friend had died. Waters was the first guest he had on his YouTube podcast Brilliant Idiots.
On the show that aired Thursday morning (June 11), he said his mind was not on radio at the moment. After answering a few callers on the “Get It Off Your Chest” segment, Charlamagne had to pause the show to reveal his true feelings on the situation.
“I am mentally, emotionally and physically exhausted,” the radio host said. “I need to do like two hours of therapy. I really can’t even think straight. I just want everybody out there to guard their energy and — please, please, please take care of your mental health…To sit here and act like I’m okay this morning is not going to work.”
He felt that Waters was the type of person that was on her way to becoming like writer and showrunner Shonda Rhimes.
“When it was time to go to war or time to bounce some ideas around or just somebody to talk me off the ledge a lot of the times she was the person I would go to,” Charlamagne continued. “In my mind, she was whatever Shonda Rhimes was or has become. She was really, really on her way.”
Waters was most known for writing on NBC’s This Is Us. The writers of the show confirmed Waters’ passing via Twitter on Wednesday, June 10.
“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 writing for This Is Us, she maintained her own website and was a columnist 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.
She was 39.
Condolences to her family and friends.
