Nancylee Myatt , a television writer and producer who created NBC’s teen sitcom”Social Studies” and won a Daytime Emmy Award for her writing on the animated series “Teacher’s Pet,” died on Sept. 23 in Basel, Switzerland. She was 68. Her death was confirmed by her wife, Paige Williams Bernhardt.

Myatt was diagnosed with Mild Cognitive Impairment in 2021, a condition that ran in her family. The disease progressed to Alzheimer’s dementia in 2023. Myatt elected to “end her life peacefully and with dignity,” per a statement from Bernhardt.

Myatt was born in 1957 and was a card-carrying member of the Cherokee tribe in Oklahoma. She graduated from the University of California, Irvine and acted on stage and in commercials as she began her career as a playwright. She penned the Los Angeles-produ

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