Dave Flebotte, the Emmy-nominated author and producer who labored on Tulsa King, Determined Housewives, Boardwalk Empire and The PJs, has died after a protracted battle with cystic fibrosis. He was 65.
Flebotte died Tuesday in a hospital in Missoula, Montana, his spouse, Sandra Lindqvist, advised The Hollywood Reporter. “Writing to him was the whole lot,” she stated.
Flebotte was recognized with cystic fibrosis as a teenager and was advised he wouldn’t dwell previous age 12, his spouse stated. He had a double lung transplant 28 years in the past.
The son of a bookie, Flebotte was born in Hanson, Massachusetts. A instructor at Emerson School persuaded him to pursue a profession in writing, and he started in Hollywood within the Nineteen Nineties, engaged on TV comedies together with Good Recommendation, The 5 Mrs. Buchanans, Ellen and Abruptly Susan.
From 1999-2000, he wrote a handful of episodes and produced the Eddie Murphy co-created Fox animated present The PJs, which earned him an Emmy nom.
He additionally wrote and produced episodes of the ABC hit Determined Housewives from 2008-12 and penned three episodes of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire from 2011-13.
In 2009, Flebotte created the sitcom Sherri, starring Sherri Shepherd, which ran for a season. The Lifetime/ABC Studios present adopted Shepherd’s character, a newly single mom, as she navigates the world after divorcing her dishonest husband.
His remaining mission was Tulsa King, which noticed him write 4 episodes and produce. The Paramount+ crime drama follows Sylvester Stallone’s New York Mafia capo Dwight “The Normal” Manfredi, who’s launched from jail and exiled to Oklahoma, the place he units up a felony group.
Flebotte’s different writing and producing credit included The Geena Davis Present, George Lopez, Will & Grace, The Bernie Mac Present, 8 Easy Guidelines, Filth, Elevating Hope, Masters of Intercourse, State of Thoughts, Likelihood and I’m Dying Up Right here.
He and his spouse of 13 years moved to Montana a 12 months and a half in the past. Survivors embody his youngsters, Zach and Emma.
Cindy Caponera, who labored with Flebotte on I’m Dying Up Right here and Sherri, took to Instagram to share a tribute.
“By no means in all of my tv writing days did I meet a person so humorous and sort, openhearted, smaht — he was from Boston in spite of everything — and so proficient. He was an extremely loyal pal,” she wrote. “I additionally by no means met a author who liked writing as a lot as he did. And he was so extremely good at it. And all through his total sickness, he by no means stopped creating and dealing — by no means complaining — simply such an awesome instance of the right way to dwell and love. Everybody ought to have at the very least one Dave Flebotte of their life. I’ll miss you, pal.”