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Updated · Deadline · Aug 25
Jesikah Suggs, 32, Dies After 8-Year Breast Cancer Battle
Updated
Updated · Deadline · Aug 25

Jesikah Suggs, 32, Dies After 8-Year Breast Cancer Battle

3 articles · Updated · Deadline · Aug 25

Summary

  • August 18 marked the death of Jesikah Suggs at her Studio City home, with the Netflix writer-producer still working on Season 4 of My Life With the Walter Boys.
  • Suggs was diagnosed with breast cancer at 24, underwent a double mastectomy, chemotherapy and radiation, and saw the disease metastasize two years later, her family said.
  • Across her career, she wrote on the first 3 seasons of My Life With the Walter Boys, rose from story editor to co-producer, and also co-produced 8 episodes of Amazon's It's Not Like That.
  • A Los Angeles memorial was held on August 22, and a second service is scheduled for August 29 in Grapevine, Texas.

Insights

How will Netflix's hit show navigate its fourth season without the creative force who shaped its story while battling terminal cancer?
Will the entertainment industry rethink its demanding schedules after seeing a rising star work through metastasized cancer until her final days?
What drove a young Hollywood producer to write her greatest scripts while enduring an eight-year medical battle behind the scenes?