David A. Arnold, stand-up comedian and star of Netflix specials, dies at 54

LOS ANGELES — David A. Arnold, a comic who was a producer of the “Fuller Home” reboot and the creator and showrunner of Nickelodeon’s “That Lady Lay Lay,” has died. He was 54.

Arnold’s household mentioned in an announcement Thursday that the docs “dominated the reason for loss of life attributable to pure causes.” His household mentioned he died peacefully on Wednesday in his residence.

“It’s with nice disappointment that we verify the premature passing of our husband, father, brother and buddy, David A. Arnold,” the assertion learn. “Please preserve our household in prayer and respect our privateness at the moment as we’re all shocked and devastated by this loss.”

Arnold was a daily at comedy golf equipment within the Los Angeles space, together with the Improv and the Comedy Retailer. His bio says he was based mostly in Los Angeles.

Fellow comedians have been posting tributes to their buddy.

Kevin Hart, who produced certainly one of Arnold’s stand-up specials, wrote: “You made it out of the mud man…you took life’s greatest punches and acquired again up from them. I misplaced an actual buddy…I misplaced a brother.”

Arnold was a humorist who gained enchantment via his perspective about fatherhood.

He headlined two Netflix comedy specials “Fats Ballerina” in 2019 and the Kevin Hart-produced “It Ain’t for the Weak,” which debuted in July. He was additionally featured within the Netflix is a Joke comedy pageant in late April.

Arnold was three reveals into his four-month comedy tour referred to as “Tempo Ya Self.”

He additionally wrote episodes for “Meet the Browns,” “The Ricky Smiley Present” and “Tyler Perry’s Home of Payne.”