A HBO/HBO Max spokesperson additionally confirmed Garson’s passing, and the community honored his contributions to one among its most iconic reveals in a press release.
“Willie Garson was in life, as on display, a faithful pal and a brilliant gentle for everybody in his universe,” the assertion learn. “He created some of the beloved characters from the HBO pantheon and was a member of our household for practically twenty-five years. We’re deeply saddened to be taught of his passing and prolong our honest condolences to his household and family members.”
On “Intercourse and the Metropolis” Garson performed Stanford Blatch, pal and confidant of protagonist Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker). He appeared commonly within the sequence all through its run and in each movies.
His first break in Hollywood was in visitor roles on TV reveals like “Cheers” and “Household Ties.”
It was on tv that Garson would go on to make a status for himself as a beloved character actor. Along with his function in “Intercourse and the Metropolis,” he had recurring memorable components on USA Community’s “White Collar,” ABC’s “NYPD Blue,” and CBS’s “Hawaii 5-0.”
He was most lately slated to seem within the reboot of the sequence, “And Simply Like That,” which is about to premiere on HBO Max later this 12 months.
Within the wake of his passing, Garson’s many pals and former colleagues expressed their love for the actor.
Mario Cantone, who performed Garson’s on-screen husband in “Intercourse and the Metropolis,” referred to as Garson a “good TV companion” in a heartfelt put up.
“I am devastated and simply overwhelmed with Disappointment. Taken away from all of us means quickly. You have been a present from the gods,” he wrote. “Relaxation my candy pal. I like you.”
“I nonetheless have not wrapped my head round a world with out you in it- the place I can not name you once I must giggle, or be impressed. The very last thing you probably did once we stated goodbye was pull down your masks (I hate covid), smile, and wink at me,” he wrote. “I do know that it wasn’t reflective of the ache you have been going by way of, nevertheless it was indicative of all the pieces you have been and are to me: some one who lifted me up, who made me higher, and who all the time, all the time made me smile.”
He added: “You reside on in our hearts and minds all the time: and your White Collar household is all the time right here for Nathen. Save a spot for me, as a result of you recognize I need to be at your desk up there.”
