Dan McGrath, an Emmy-winning writer for “ The Simpsons ” who wrote the classic Season 8 episode “Homer’s Phobia,” died on Nov. 14. He was 61.

His sister, Gail McGrath Garabadian, confirmed his death in a Facebook post early Saturday morning.

“We lost my incredible brother Danny yesterday,” she wrote. “He was a special man, one of a kind. An incredible son, brother, uncle and friend. Our hearts are broken.”

McGrath wrote 50 episodes of “The Simpsons” from 1992 to 1994 and produced 24 episodes from 1996 to 1998. He won an Emmy for his work on the series in 1997, taking home the honor for outstanding animated program for “Homer’s Phobia.”

The episode features director John Waters as a gay antiques dealer befriended by Marge. When Marge brings him home to meet the family, Homer quickly

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