Overview
- Lawrence died on Oct. 10 in Los Angeles, and her family has not released a cause of death.
- She is survived by her mother, Barbara Simon, and siblings Ayana Simon and Craig Simon, with a memorial in Los Angeles planned for later this month.
- A Brooklyn native and Newhouse graduate, she began as a production assistant and coordinator before her first staff writing job on CBS’ Shark in 2006.
- Her credits included supervising producer on Riverdale, co-executive producer on Empire, and work on The Good Wife, The First Lady, Bel-Air and Sistas.
- She was tapped to co-develop a proposed Empire spinoff with Taraji P. Henson, Danny Strong and Stacy A. Littlejohn, which did not advance.