Last night the Twitter-sphere was united in its grief over the loss of Harris Wittels. Harris was the Executive Producer of “Parks and Recreation.”
According to reports, he was found unconscious in his apartment by his assistant and pronounced dead at 1PM by police. No one has confirmed the reason behind his death, but many online sites are claiming that the cause was an overdose.
BuzzFeed reported: “Wittels had spoken previously about his struggle with drug addiction and had gone to rehab twice.”
When Amy Poehler took the stage Variety’s unite4humanity event she shared her feelings on Harris’ death:
“I’m sharing it with you because life and death live so close together, and we walk that fine line everyday. When things happen in our lives, we turn to the people that we love…and we lean on people, in a hope that we will ease our pain.
So, I don’t really feel like telling any jokes. I’m kind of sad, and it’s really great to be here tonight and listen to all of you, and listen to the great work that you do and be reminded why we live in this bizarre planet called ‘Hollywood.’ It’s very strange.”
Our hearts go out to anyone who knew and loves Harris Wittels.
