{"id":108128,"date":"2024-06-29T00:47:27","date_gmt":"2024-06-29T00:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/29\/martin-mull-cause-of-death-legendary-tv-star-passes-away-at-80\/"},"modified":"2024-06-29T00:47:27","modified_gmt":"2024-06-29T00:47:27","slug":"martin-mull-cause-of-death-legendary-tv-star-passes-away-at-80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/29\/martin-mull-cause-of-death-legendary-tv-star-passes-away-at-80\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Mull Cause of Death: Legendary TV Star Passes Away at 80"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The television world has lost a funny one.<\/p>\n<p>Martin Mull, a beloved comedian and veteran star of numerous hit TV shows, died this week at the age of 80.<\/p>\n<p>According to the actor\u2019s daughter, who broke the sad news via Instagram, Mull had been battling an illness for an unspecified period of time.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1015\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1039728352-1015x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Martin Mull picture\" class=\"wp-image-503053 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1039728352-1015x1024.jpg 1015w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1039728352-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1039728352-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1039728352-768x775.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1039728352-2029x2048.jpg 2029w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1039728352-951x960.jpg 951w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1039728352-1070x1080.jpg 1070w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1039728352-1189x1200.jpg 1189w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1039728352-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Martin Mull attends FOX Hosts \u201cThe Cool Kids\u201d Outdoor Screening Event at Roxbury Park on September 24, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California.  <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Earl Gibson III\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI am heartbroken to share that my father passed away at home on June 27th, after a valiant fight against a long illness,\u201d his daughter wrote by way of confirmation, adding:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was known for excelling at every creative discipline imaginable and also for doing Red Roof Inn commercials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe would find that joke funny. He was never not funny.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The actor rose to prominent in the 1970s after starring in the soap opera parody series Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman and its spinoffs, Fernwood 2 Night and America 2 Night.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C8xtnPPyeAH\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p>Small screen viewers in the 1990s knew Mull from his roles on such famous shows as Sabrina, the Teenage Witch and Roseanne.<\/p>\n<p>Later in his very impressive and respected career, Mull appeared and starred in Two and a Half Men, Arrested Development, The Ranch, and The Cool Kids. <\/p>\n<p>In 2016, he was nominated for an Emmy for his guest role on Veep.<\/p>\n<p>From 1998 through 2004, Mull also was a regular on game show Hollywood Squares in a run of 425 episodes, many of them as the all-important center square.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"710\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1033001548-710x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Martin Mull on a red carpet\" class=\"wp-image-503054\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1033001548-710x1024.jpg 710w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1033001548-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1033001548-768x1108.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1033001548-1419x2048.jpg 1419w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1033001548-665x960.jpg 665w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1033001548-748x1080.jpg 748w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1033001548-832x1200.jpg 832w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1033001548-scaled.jpg 1774w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"710\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1033001548-710x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Martin Mull on a red carpet\" class=\"wp-image-503054 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1033001548-710x1024.jpg 710w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1033001548-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1033001548-768x1108.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1033001548-1419x2048.jpg 1419w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1033001548-665x960.jpg 665w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1033001548-748x1080.jpg 748w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1033001548-832x1200.jpg 832w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1033001548-scaled.jpg 1774w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1033001548-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Martin Mull attends The Paley Center for Media\u2019s 2018 PaleyFest Fall TV Previews \u2013 Fox at The Paley Center for Media on September 13, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by David Livingston\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In a previous A.V. Club interview, Mull \u2014 who studied painting and graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Master of Fine Arts in painting \u2014 was asked how a painter found his way into acting, to which he replied: <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, every painter I know has a day job. They\u2019re either teaching art at some college or driving a cab or whatever. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I just happened to luck into a day job that\u2019s extraordinary and a lot of fun and buys a lot of paint.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-958640956-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-503055\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-958640956-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-958640956-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-958640956-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-958640956-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-958640956-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-958640956-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-958640956-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-958640956-scaled.jpg 1706w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-958640956-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-503055 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-958640956-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-958640956-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-958640956-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-958640956-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-958640956-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-958640956-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-958640956-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-958640956-scaled.jpg 1706w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-958640956-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Martin Mull attends the 2018 Fox Network Upfront at Wollman Rink, Central Park on May 14, 2018 in New York City.  <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Roy Rochlin\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Concluded Mull\u2019s daughter in her lovely tribute:<\/p>\n<p><em>My dad will be deeply missed by his wife and daughter, by his friends and coworkers, by fellow artists and comedians and musicians, and\u2014the sign of a truly exceptional person\u2014by many, many dogs. I loved him tremendously<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Martin Mull is survived by his wife, the former Wendy Haas, an actor and composer whom he married in 1982; and his daughter Maggie, a TV writer and producer.<\/p>\n<p>We send our condolences to his friends, family members and loved ones. May Mull rest in peace.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/urls.grow.me\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlaG9sbHl3b29kZ29zc2lwLmNvbS8yMDI0LzA2L21hcnRpbi1tdWxsLWNhdXNlLW9mLWRlYXRoLWxlZ2VuZGFyeS10di1zdGFyLXBhc3Nlcy1hd2F5LWF0LTgwLw==\/e\/*%7CEMAIL%7C*\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The television world has lost a funny one. Martin Mull, a beloved comedian and veteran star of numerous hit TV shows, died this week at the age of 80. 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