In context
- When
- Tuesday, September 21 20215 years ago
- Category
- DeathA notable person who died on this day.
- Era
- 21st century · 2020s
- Anniversary
- 5th in 2026
- Recorded from
- Wikipedia “On this day” feed
- Person
- Willie Garson
At a glance
Born 1964-02-20; died 2021-09-21.
Known as: film actor, actor, and television actor. Citizenship: United States.
Listed as: human.
Who they were
Personal life and death Garson adopted an eight-year-old boy in 2009. [ 1 ] Though he is mainly known for playing a gay man on Sex and the City , he was heterosexual. [ 2 ] Garson died from pancreatic cancer at his home in Los Angeles, California, on September 21, 2021, at age 57. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] ^ Rizzo, Monica (February 5, 2010). "SATC Actor Willie Garson Finalizes Son's Adoption" . People . Archived from the original on February 7, 2010. ^ Cooper, Mariah (April 27, 2016).
William Garson Paszamant was an American actor. He appeared in over 75 films and more than 300 TV episodes. He was known for playing Stanford Blatch on the series Sex and the City, in the related films Sex and the City and Sex and the City 2 and in the spin-off And Just Like That..., Mozzie in the series White Collar from 2009 to 2014, Ralph in the 2005 romantic comedy Little Manhattan, Gerard Hirsch in the reboot of Hawaii Five-0, and Martin Lloyd in the sci-fi series Stargate SG-1.
Early life
Educated at: Wesleyan University, Yale School of Drama, and Highland Park High School.
Early life and education William Garson Paszamant was born in Highland Park, New Jersey , on February 20, 1964, the son of Muriel (née Schwartz) and Donald M. Paszamant, [ 1 ] and the brother of Lisa Paszamant Clark and John Paszamant. Garson was Jewish. [ 2 ] He attended Camp Wekeela in Hartford, Maine , as a child for 11 years. [ 3 ] He graduated in 1982 from Highland Park High School . [ 4 ] In 1985,
Path and career
Career Television Garson had a recurring role as Henry Coffield on NYPD Blue and as Stanford Blatch on Sex and the City . [ 1 ] His other television appearances include Mr. Belvedere ; [ 2 ] My Two Dads ; Coach ; Quantum Leap (once as a newspaper salesman/hack writer; and once as Lee Harvey Oswald ); Twin Peaks ; Monk ; Boy Meets World and Girl Meets World (playing four different characters in the two shows' shared fictional universe); Ally McBeal ; Party of Five ; Star Trek: Voyager ;
Why this date
Willie Garson appears on our September 21 calendar for 2021 as a death entry.
September 21 through the years
Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.
- 2001America: A Tribute to Heroes
- 2001Murder of Ross Parker
- 2003Galileo (spacecraft)
- 2004Green Day
- 2012Egyptians
- 2013Al-Shabaab (militant group)
- 2013Westgate shopping mall attack
- 2015AdventHealth
- 2018Zak Kostopoulos
- 20192019 Albania earthquake
- 2021Willie Garson
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