Trevor Moore, Comedian and Co-Founder of ‘The Whitest Kids U Know,’ Dies at 41

Trevor Moore, the comic, actor and producer who co-founded sketch comedy group “The Whitest Children U Know,” died Friday in an accident. He was 41.

Moore’s supervisor confirmed the information to Selection and offered a press release on behalf of Moore’s spouse, Aimee Carlson, and household. “We’re devastated by the lack of my husband, greatest good friend and the daddy of our son. He was referred to as a author and comic to tens of millions, and but to us he was merely the middle of our entire world,” Carlson wrote. “We don’t know the way we’ll go on with out him, however we’re grateful for the recollections we do have that may stick with us perpetually. We recognize the outpouring of affection and assist we’ve got obtained from everybody. It is a tragic and sudden loss and we ask that you simply please respect our privateness throughout this time of grieving.”

Moore was born in Montclair, N.J. and grew up in Charlottesville, Va. He developed an curiosity in writing from a younger age, creating and publishing cartoons in his teenagers. At 19, he wrote and produced a sketch comedy present for an area TV station.

After shifting to New York in 1999, he interned with Lorne Michaels at “Saturday Evening Stay” and co-founded “The Whitest Children U Know” with Zach Cregger, Sam Brown, Timmy Williams and Darren Trumeter. The group produced a self-titled sketch sequence for IFC that ran for 5 seasons. In addition they made two movies collectively, “Miss March” and “The Civil Battle on Medicine,” with an animated function titled “Mars” on account of premiere in 2022.

Apart from “The Whitest Children U Know,” Moore started internet hosting “The Trevor Moore Present” on Comedy Central in 2019. He additionally co-created and govt produced the interactive Disney Channel comedy “Simply Roll with It” and wrote and directed Disney XD sequence “Stroll the Prank.”

“Early this morning, we discovered that we misplaced our brother, our collaborator and the driving power behind WKUK,” Cregger and Brown wrote in a press release. “He was our greatest good friend, and we converse for all of us in saying that the lack of Trevor is unimaginable. We’re heartbroken and our grief pales compared to the loss felt by his spouse and son. On behalf of WKUK, we ask for privateness throughout our time of profound grief, and power for his household who’re coping with the unattainable considered dwelling life with out him. Our hope is that pals, fellow artists, and followers that liked him is not going to concentrate on his loss of life, however will bear in mind the numerous moments of laughter he gave them.”

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Comedy Central remembered Moore in a Twitter submit: “Trevor Moore was an unbelievable expertise and a significant member of the Comedy Central household. We’ll miss him dearly.”

Moore is survived by Carlson and his son, August. The household encourages donations to Subsequent for Autism in Moore’s honor. 

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