James Burrows is survived by his wife, Debbie Easton Burrows, whom he married in 1997. Burrows' family includes four daughters and seven grandchildren. Television legend James Burrows, the Emmy-winning director of Friends and co-creator of Cheers, has died at the age of 85. His attorney, Tom Hoberman, confirmed the news to USA TODAY on June 19. Burrows' family later announced that he died peacefully, surrounded by loved ones.James Burrows is survived by his wife, Debbie Easton Burrows, whom he married in 1997. Burrows' family includes four daughters and seven grandchildren. (James Burrows Instagram )James Burrows is survived by his wife, Debbie Easton Burrows, whom he married in 1997. Burrows' family includes four daughters and seven grandchildren. Shirin Gupta is a content producer with the Hindustan Times. She covers everything between politics, entertainment and sports at the US desk. Shirin got interested in political journalism during her time as a web editor at her college newspaper NCC News in Syracuse when she first started seeing the effects of national politics in life of her fellow colleagues.

Shirin has worked on a wide range of fast-moving and developing stories locally when she was at NCC editing accessible reports for the audience.