Jas Waters, a writer on Showtime's Kidding and NBC's This Is Us, has died. She was 39. Waters also worked on shows such as Comedy Central's Hood Adjacent With James Davis and VH1's The Breaks.
She was a former columnist at Vibe magazine and appeared on camera in VH1's 2013 unscripted show The Gossip Game. No cause of death was given.
News of Waters' death broke Wednesday, when the writers of This Is Us shared the news via Twitter:"The entire This Is Us family was devastated to learn of Jas Waters passing.
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.
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