Mary Scruggs, Dead at 46
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 2:25PM 
Photo via Live Bait Theater
Via The Chicago Tribune:
Mary Scruggs, the head of writing and education programs for The Second City Training Center, died at her home late Tuesday night, said Kelly Leonard, the executive vice president of Second City. She was 46. "She was a wonderful writer and a terrific performer," said Anne Libera, Second City's director of comedy studies and Scruggs' close friend. "But in her heart she was simply an astonishing teacher. There were so many students to whom she gave her best."
REACTION
"I am heartbroken by this. I have so many teachers who are responsible for my career, but Mary was responsible for not only breathing life into my career but also breathing life into my life." -- Mandy Stadtmiller
"She was the best of everything that is good." -- Susan Messing
"Mary was funny, brilliant and beloved. She will be greatly missed." -- Second City
RELATED
- An interview with Mary about her one-woman show "Missing Man" on WBEZ (July 13, 2008)
- "Process: An Improviser's Journey" by Mary Scruggs and Michael J. Gellman
- "The Second City Guide to Improv in the Classroom: Using Improvisation to Teach Skills and Boost Learning" by Katherine S. McKnight and Mary Scruggs
- An interview with Mary Scruggs on humor at Off-Campus Writers' Workshop (Oct. 29, 2010)
- Second City bio
Reader Comments (3)
If anyone knows anything about a service for Mary, please let me know at peterevansmith@aol.com
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Services for Mary will be held at the Drake Funeral Home on Western this Monday, Jan 17 at 10 am.
This is such sad news. Mary was incredibly encouraging and so very funny. She was a wonderful teacher, a sentiment I'm sure every one of her students would share.