miami police say brandt hanged himself at his home last weekend . the doctor 's publicist said brandt suffered from depression .
brandt appeared recently to have been the butt of a joke on tina fey 's netflix show the unbreakable kimmy schmitt .
in the series martin short plays a dermatologist called dr grant who has a shock of white hair and flawless skin -- almost a mirror image of dr brandt .
brandt was friends with madonna and other celebs such as stephanie seymour , kelly ripa and joy behar .