Nancylee Myatt Dead: ‘Night Court,’ ‘Living Single’ Writer Was 68

Nancylee Myatt, a writer and Emmy-winning producer with credits including Night Court , The 5 Mrs. Buchanans , Living Single and lots of shows about teens, has died. She was 68.

Myatt chose to “end her life peacefully and with dignity” in Basel, Switzerland, on Sept. 23 — her birthday — her wife and writing partner, Paige Williams Bernhardt, announced. She had been diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment in 2021 and with Alzheimer’s disease in 2023.

Early in her career, Myatt was the only female writer on the staff of The Powers That Be , a 1992-93 political comedy for the USA Network that was created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman and executive produced by her mentor, Norman Lear .

Nancylee Myatt, a writer and Emmy-winning producer with credits including Night Court ,