Brandt, the South Florida dermatologist dubbed “Baron of Botox” by W Magazine, a man who made his career ironing out celebrity wrinkles and who pioneered a line of skin care products to protect against the brutal Florida sun, was 65. Frederica Burden, a spokeswoman for the Miami police, said the cause was suicide. — Joy Behar (@JoyVBehar) April 6, 2015 
 
 Celebrity Dermatologist Fredric Brandt Found Dead in His Home 
 
 Although celebrity dermatologist Dr. Fredric Brandt had been upset about comparisons to a character on Tina Fey 's Netflix series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, the show did not cause his apparent suicide Sunday, a source tells PEOPLE. The show’s Dr. Franff character shared Brandt’s lunar-white and smooth skin, platinum blond ’do and passion for plastic surgery but held the character to ridicule by flaunting an exaggerated speech impediment due to the overdoing of plastic surgery. “He did not commit suicide because of the show,” Tractenberg said. “The show didn’t help. With his own wispy blond locks and pneumatic features, Dr. Brandt was a walking commentary on age-defying treatments and the products that have flooded the market since they were introduced as medical means of treating facial wasting among AIDS patients, and that he always tried first on himself. But he suffered from depression before that.” 
 
 Netflix did not respond to a request for comment. You will be missed forever and in my heart even longer. “He loved his clients, his friends and his dogs.  Tina Fey's New Show Is 'Not Why Dr. Brandt Committed Suicide': Source 
 
 My heart is breaking for the loss of Dr. Fredric Brandt. Because he looks different," the source tells PEOPLE.
– Dr. Fredric Brandt "was a huge pioneer" when it came to Botox and other anti-aging techniques, a fellow dermatologist says. In fact, he was once called the "Baron of Botox," and he boasted such celebrity clients as Madonna and Kelly Ripa. But on Sunday the 65-year-old died of an apparent suicide at his Florida home; a publicist tells the New York Times that he'd not only been struggling with depression, but was "devastated" by an apparent parody of him on Unbreakable Kimmy Schimdt. Martin Short played a character on the Netflix series who looks similar to Brandt, with features that make it seem the fictional doctor has been using Botox to excess on himself. Brandt was known for experimenting on himself before trying a new treatment on patients. Brandt was found hanged in his garage, the Miami Herald reports. Multiple sources who talked to People agree the show hurt him, but one says not to blame Short's character (Dr. Grant, pronounced Franff) for Brandt's death. "Did the show upset him? Yes. He was a human being, no one would like that. It was making fun of him for the way he looked and it was mean and it was bullying," the source says. But "it wasn't the only thing troubling him, it was just one factor. But that was not why he committed suicide. But it didn't help." The source blames the "illness" of depression. Meanwhile, Allure's editor remembers Brandt's contributions: "When he came into dermatology it was people treating sunspots and removing moles. Suddenly there were all these new substances and techniques that altered our relationship to age and aging, and he was at the absolute forefront of that."