Popular American comic actor Martin Mull dies at 80

Veteran American comic actor cum musician, Martin Mull, has died.

TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that Mull was 80 when he died at his home in Los Angeles on Thursday.

The actor’s wife, Wendy Mull, confirmed the demise on Friday in a statement, stating that her husband died after a long illness.

The actor’s daughter, TV writer and comic artiste, Maggie Mull, also confirmed his passing via Instagram.

She wrote, “My dad will be deeply missed by his wife and daughter, by his friends and coworkers, by fellow artists and comedians and musicians, and —the sign of a truly exceptional person— by many, many dogs.”

Martin Mull’s co-star in the series ‘Sabrina the Teenage Witch,’ Melissa Joan Hart while paying tribute to him on Instagram, described him as “a wonderful man who I am better for knowing.”

Mull gained widespread attention in the 1970s in shows such as ‘Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman’ and ‘Fernwood 2-Night,’ and remained active in television and film over the next half-century.