‘Dawson’s Creek’ writer Heidi Ferrer commits suicide after contracting COVID-19

Heidi Ferrer, a writer for “Dawson’s Creek,” committed suicide in May after a yearlong battle with COVID-19, her husband said. She was 50.

"My beautiful angel, Heidi, passed over tonight after a 13 month battle with Long Haul Covid," Guthe wrote on Twitter. "She was an amazing mother. She fought this insidious disease with the same ferocity she lived with. I love you forever and I’ll see you down the road." As reported by TMZ, Ferrer wrote about her battle with the virus, detailing her symptoms in a September post.