Allyce Ozarski, a TV producer who was working on an upcoming comedy series starring Will Ferrell, has died. She was 41.
Ozarski’s death was first reported on Friday, Jan. 31. Her family told The Hollywood Reporter that she died on Jan. 24 following a battle with triple negative metastatic breast cancer.
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Ozarski “will always be remembered as a powerful presence who cared deeply about every little detail, her sense of humor and, above all things, her integrity. She saw the best in everyone,” her family said in a statement shared with the magazine.
“She always fought for safer working conditions for her film crews and elevated those with whom she worked,” their statement continued. “Those who knew her well will surely miss the sound of her heels, her endless (ethical) animal prints and unwavering belief in the art she made and the people with whom she made it. She spent her entire career correcting people who called her Alice.”
Ozarski was born in Southern California in Poway, a city located within San Diego County. She attended college at the University of Washington in Seattle, Wash., before beginning her career in Hollywood.
Ozarski received one Emmy nomination in the Outstanding Variety Sketch Series category in 2018 for her work on I Love You, America With Sarah Silverman. She also produced episodes of SMILF, Baskets, The L Word: Generation Q, and I Love That for You, among others.
Two upcoming streaming projects also had links to Ozarski. GOLF, a scripted comedy series starring Ferrell that Netflix announced last year, had tapped Ozarski to serve as an executive producer. She was also slated to be an executive producer on a new series created by Vince Gilligan for Sony Pictures TV and Apple TV+, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Marja-Lewis Ryan, who worked with Ozarski on her show The L Word: Generation Q, said in a statement shared with Variety that she felt “so grateful to have known” and worked with Ozarski.
“Her confidence made me a better creator and, perhaps more significantly, her seemingly endless patience made me a better mother. She was and is my North Star,” Ryan added.
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