Willie Garson died of pancreatic cancer

(CNN)Willie Garson's household has shared however he died.

"The origin was pancreatic cancer," the obituary reads.

Best known for his relation Stanford Blatch successful the "Sex and the City" series, the obituary besides paid tribute to that work.

"As Stanford Blatch, Carrie Bradshaw's champion antheral friend, Garson was ne'er astatine a nonaccomplishment for a caustic quip," it reads. "As his relation evolved implicit the people of six seasons, Stanford was not lone hilarious, but besides susceptible astatine times, arsenic helium struggled successful his ain efforts to navigate enactment and the city."

"For the past 4 decades, helium appeared successful implicit 300 tv shows and implicit 70 films," the obituary notes.

Garson's household has requested that successful lieu of flowers, tribute donations beryllium made successful his sanction to the Alliance for Children's Rights.