Overview
- Marty Nadler died in Margate, Florida, on Aug. 26 at age 80, and his son Charlie said the cause was complications from the autoimmune disease myasthenia gravis.
- Nadler spent more than four decades working with director and producer Garry Marshall, contributing jokes and receiving cameo roles in nine Marshall films including Pretty Woman and Runaway Bride.
- He began as a stand‑up comic in New York after studying theater at Ithaca College, wrote for network sitcoms such as Laverne & Shirley and Happy Days, and later served as a script consultant and producer on multiple TV comedies.
- Survivors include his ex‑wife Holly Mascott, their son Charlie and daughter‑in‑law Cary Kandel; Nadler will be interred on Martha’s Vineyard and the family is planning memorial events and suggesting donations to the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America.
- Nadler and his son recently recorded a final stand‑up special, A Boomer & a Millennial Walk Into a Special, at the Garry Marshall Theatre that Comedy Dynamics has slated for release in early 2027 and that will shape how audiences remember his work.