Martin Mull, a veteran American comedy actor and musician, has died. His age was 80. Mull died at home in Los Angeles on Thursday.
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His wife, Wendy Mull, announced his death on Friday, saying he died after a long illness. However, no cause was provided. Maggie Mull, his daughter, a television writer and comic artist, also confirmed his death.
“My dad will be deeply missed by his wife and daughter, by his friends and coworkers, by fellow artists and comedians and musicians, and —the sign of a truly exceptional person— by many, many dogs,” Maggie Mull said on her personal Instagram account.
Martin Mull’s co-star in the series ‘Sabrina the Teenage Witch,’ Melissa Joan Hart while paying tribute to him on Instagram, described him as “a wonderful man who I am better for knowing.”
Mull gained widespread attention in the 1970s in shows such as ‘Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman’ and ‘Fernwood 2-Night,’ and remained active in television and film over the next half-century.