Don Payne

William Donald Payne May 5 1964March 26 2013 was an American writer and producer He wrote several episodes of The Simpsons after 2000 many of these with John Frink whom he met while studying at the University of California Los Angeles The duo began their careers writing for the shortlived sitcom Hope and Gloria Payne later moved into writing feature films including My Super ExGirlfriend 2006 and cowrote Fantastic Four Rise of the Silver Surfer 2007 Thor 2011 and its sequel Thor The Dark World 2013 Payne died from heart failure caused by bone cancer in March 2013 Description above from the Wikipedia article Don Payne writer licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia