'Simpsons' star Harry Shearer tweets that he's leaving show


D'oh.

"Simpsons" star Harry Shearer – who voices Mr. Burns, Ned Flanders, Waylon Smithers, Principal Skinner and other characters – is leaving the animated series after 26 seasons, Time reports.

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Shearer tweeted early Thursday that a lawyer for James L. Brooks, the show's executive producer, told him that the "show will go on, Harry will not be part of it, wish him the best."

"This because I wanted what we've always had: the freedom to do other work," Shearer added.