R.I.P. Don Payne; Writer On THOR, THE DARK WORLD And THE SIMPSONS Has Passed Away

Truly sad news has broken that writer Don Payne, who contributed to Thor, its upcoming Dark World sequel, Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer and notably The Simpsons animated sitcom, has died.

By DCMarvelFreshman - Mar 27, 2013 12:03 AM EST

Filed Under: Thor

Don Payne, best known as writer and producer of several episodes of The Simpsons, has sadly passed away from circumstances that're currently unknown. His longtime associate on the animated sitcom, Mike Scully, broke the unfortunate news on Twitter earlier today. Beyond The Simpsons, Payne co-wrote screenplays for comic book films

Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Marvel Studios' Thor and its upcoming sequel, The Dark World. While Payne is also expected to receive story credit for the latter film, we can only hope the 2013 Marvel sequel will be dedicated to his memory when it releases this Winter. Another big-screen adaptation in development, that Payne worked on, is based on the novel series Maximum Ride.

Upon having the pleasure of chatting with the great writer through many emails, I found out Don Payne was not only an active follower of our little site, among many others, but more importantly an all around thoughtful person, who has certainly gone too soon. Our deep condolences and prayers go out to Don's family, friends and other close associates. May he rest in peace.

Great Writer, Sweet Guy, Gone Way Too SoonRIP Don Payne #donpayne twitter.com/scullymike/sta…
— Mike Scully (@scullymike) March 26, 2013

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Dynamo - 3/27/2013, 12:39 AM

R.I.P

FalafelVsShawarma - 3/27/2013, 1:10 AM

Rest In Peace sir.

Ghostfire - 3/27/2013, 1:12 AM

Rest In Peace, Don! My prayers go out to him and his family.

CorronZenith30 - 3/27/2013, 1:18 AM

love n prayers going out to his friends and family.

n1ghtw1ng2832 - 3/27/2013, 1:24 AM

RIP Don Payne. A pretty damn good writer in my opinion.

TheEnd - 3/27/2013, 1:34 AM

Good thing he finished thortdw script before he went.

BobGarlen - 3/27/2013, 1:34 AM

R.I.P. He built a wonderful career.

Lozzy - 3/27/2013, 1:43 AM

R.I.P, shame we lost such a talented writer.

Canon108 - 3/27/2013, 1:45 AM

@TheEnd

Cause that's the important thing...and the point of the article. R.I.P. I wonder how he went

Canon38 - 3/27/2013, 2:05 AM

he didn't even see the dark world. too bad.

SaxoWolf - 3/27/2013, 2:08 AM

R.I.P

NoJobBOB - 3/27/2013, 2:47 AM

Sucks the most cause he wont get to see his words come to life in the new Thor.

StrangerX - 3/27/2013, 3:06 AM

Sad news. Thank you for your contributions Don

R I P

ablee337 - 3/27/2013, 3:07 AM

Sad way to start the day.
R.I.P. Don Payne.
Thank you for all your hard work on the Thor movies.

Happy11 - 3/27/2013, 3:37 AM

Very talented and funny writer. R.I.P

GoILL - 3/27/2013, 3:43 AM

R.I.P Mr. Payne.

Coolkid - 3/27/2013, 3:53 AM

R.I.P Don...

AC1 - 3/27/2013, 4:00 AM

RIP. Always tragic when someone dies, even worse when they die before they can see the final result of something they worked on.

Dechiriko - 3/27/2013, 4:11 AM

Sorry to hear that, RIP Don

2013venjix - 3/27/2013, 4:22 AM

Godspeed Don Payne R.I.P.

marvel72 - 3/27/2013, 4:37 AM

R.I.P DON PAYNE

i'll thank you now for thor the dark world & help making it my most anticipated comic book movie of 2013.

peppy - 3/27/2013, 5:08 AM

R.I..P Mr Don Payne thank you very much for giving the world great enertainment . Peace

DudeGuy - 3/27/2013, 5:23 AM

Rest in peace

Lightsplasher - 3/27/2013, 5:27 AM

Rest In Peace Mr.Don Payne , you did an excellent job in Thor and Thor : The Dark World surely too .

superotherside - 3/27/2013, 5:42 AM

That's sad. R.I.P.

TonyChu - 3/27/2013, 5:51 AM

R.I.P
I am absolutley certain Thor: The Dark World will be amazing!

95 - 3/27/2013, 5:53 AM

That's awful news to start the day.
Sad indeed.

Nemeres - 3/27/2013, 6:39 AM

Shit, what the hell happened?! This is really sad news. Rest in peace, funny guy.

NorrinRaddical - 3/27/2013, 6:41 AM

thank you for the great work on so many things we loved

australiancomicbookmoviefan - 3/27/2013, 6:55 AM

R.I.P. Good sir. Thanks for fruits of your abilities.

MJPETTY7 - 3/27/2013, 7:09 AM

R.I.P.

TheManFromMars - 3/27/2013, 10:13 AM

This guy's work on the Simpsons and in My Super Ex-Girlfriend were what made me want to become a writer!

RIP, Mr. Payne.

spidey1994 - 3/27/2013, 11:47 AM

He had written very awesome Simpsons episodes and Thor kicked ass. R.I.P. Don Payne :(

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R.I.P. Don Payne; Writer On THOR, THE DARK WORLD And THE SIMPSONS Has Passed Away

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