Lester "Les" Lewis (November 26, 1966 – March 19, 2013) was an American

television writer A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. T ...

and producer, whose credits included sitcoms such as ''

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'', '' Caroline in the City'' and ''

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.'' He was a supervising producer and writer on ''

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'' (U.S. version).

Career

He was developing a musical series for the Disney Channel which was tentatively titled '' Madison High''. He appeared at the San Diego Comic-Con in 2008 for a ''

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Death

Lewis died by suicide on March 19, 2013, aged 46.

Filmography

;Written credits for ''The Office'' # " The Deposition" (November 15, 2007) - Season 4 # " Customer Survey" (November 6, 2008) - Season 5

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* American male screenwriters American television producers 1966 births 2013 suicides {{US-tv-bio-stub