Neel Nanda, Comedian Who Appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and Comedy Central, Dead at 32: Reports

“I [am] deeply shocked and saddened by this. He was a wonderful comic, but a better person,” Neel Nanda's manager said in a statement to multiple outlets

Neel Nanda, a stand-up comedian who had made appearances on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and Comedy Central’s Adam DeVine’s House Party, has reportedly died at the age of 32.

The news was confirmed by Nanda’s manager, Greg Weiss, to several outlets including Deadline, Variety and USA Today Sunday. PEOPLE reached out to Weiss for comment Monday.

The cause of Nanda’s death has not been publicly disclosed.

“I [am] deeply shocked and saddened by this. He was a wonderful comic, but a better person,” Weiss said in a statement, via Deadline. “He had the world in front of him.”

Weiss also described Nanda as a “great comic” and “great human being," per Variety.

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The Los Angeles-based Nanda performed a five-minute set on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in 2017, USA Today reported. His other appearances included Adam DeVine’s House Party and Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents from this past January. And according to the biography on his website, Nanda has also guested on MTV, IFC's Garkunkel and Oates and Amazon Prime’s Inside Joke.

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According to a 2018 profile written about him in the VC Reporter, Nanda was born in Atlanta and his parents emigrated from India. He was a fan of comedy going back to his childhood when he would record jokes from Comedy Central in a notebook and then retell them at school.

“I didn’t realize I was stealing jokes until I was in high school,” Nanda told the VC Reporter. “When I was in high school I started writing my own jokes using the structure of some of the jokes I had previously stolen. I filled up a notebook of jokes and didn’t realize until college that I could go to an open mic and tell them. I actually had a friend read the notebook and tell me, ‘You know you can just go perform these, right?’ I didn’t know, but after a quick Google search I was off to the Laughing Skull open mic.”

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In addition to saying that he keeps his comedy “personable and relatable,” Nanda at the time cited his appearance on Kimmel as the greatest accomplishment of his comedy career to that point.

“I’ve always wanted to do a set on late night, and Jimmy Kimmel was my first choice,” he said, per the VC Reporter. “So the fact that it came together kind of blew my mind. I’ve performed on other networks like Comedy Central, Hulu, Viceland, etc., but Jimmy Kimmel was the first place I performed where my parents were a fan of the host.”

According to his website, his most recent appearance was scheduled for Dec. 15 and 16 at Toronto’s Jokers Theatre and Comedy Club, billed as his last headlining show of this year.

Upon the news of his death, Nanda’s fellow comics paid tribute to him on social media.

“I didn’t know Neel Nanda personally but reading several tributes is both heart breaking and eye opening,” Dane Cook wrote on X (formerly Twitter). “I echo so many in expressing there is help out there. Please remember you are never alone. People want to help you. There is a path through your pain. Prayers to Neels family, friends and fans. Dial 988 for help and love.”

“RIP Neel Nanda 😔 you were one of the nicest, hardest working comedians I’ve ever called a friend and i hope you can be at peace brother ❤️‍🩹,” Matt Rife shared on X.

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