Martin Mull dead at 80: Roseanne star passes away at home following 'valiant fight against a long...

The star, who played Colonel Mustard in Clue, Roseanne’s boss Leon Carp in the sitcom Roseanne and starred with Fred Willard on Norman Lear‘s Fernwood 2 Nite, passed away at home after a battling a 'long illness', according to his daughter Maggie Mull.

'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. I loved him tremendously,' she concluded.

'And after our sabrina days, his body of work multiplied with guest star and recurring roles on huge shows as well as features and animation. He once told me that he takes every job he's offered just in case the train comes to an end, which in this business tends to halt quickly. Mull also played Principal Willard Kraft alongside Melissa Joan Hart on Sabrina: The Teenage Witch from 1997-2000Vanessa Lachey and Mull in the short-lived Dads from 2014Martin Eugene Mull was born in Chicago to an actress-director mother and a carpenter father, per Variety.

He initially entered show business as a songwriter, writing Jane Morgan's 1970 country single A Girl Named Johnny Cash, which reached No. 61 on Billboard’s country charts.

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