Older than me (not by much), but it is a bit disconcerting, especially when it's something like an aneurism that could come out of nowhere...
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kelwyn" <ravena...@yahoo.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 5:16:11 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: David Mills, Television Writer and Producer, Dies Dang! He was only 48! Always sends a chill up my spine when somebody younger than me dies. ~(no)rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@...> wrote: > > Sad news. "Homicide" is easily in my top ten favorite TV shows of all time, > certainly in terms of cop shows. It's the first show I can remember on TV > that had so many blacks in non-stereotyped positions of leadership and > influence. (Unlike, say, "NYPD Blue", which relegated the black captain to > more of a guest star in favor of the bigoted white subordinate). > Talent like his is rare: he will be missed.... > > Although, what's up with his blog "Undercover Black Man"?... > http://undercoverblackman.blogspot.com/ > > > *********************************************************** > > David Mills, Television Writer and Producer, Dies > By DAVE ITZKOFF > > > 12:24 p.m. | Updated > David Mills , an Emmy Award-winning writer and producer for crime dramas like > “The Wire� on HBO and “Homicide: Life on the Streets� on NBC died on > Tuesday in New Orleans, a press representative for HBO said. The New Orleans > Times-Picayune reported that Mr. Mills died from a brain aneurysm. HBO is > about to broadcast the debut of a new series, “Treme,� on which Mr. Mills > worked as a writer and producer. > > After Mr. Mills made his television writing debut with “Homicide,� which > his friend, David Simon, helped to create, he wrote for “NYPD Blue� and > “ER.� He was also a co-writer and co-producer on “The Corner,� > adapted from Mr. Simon’s book about drug abuse and poverty in Baltimore, > which won three Emmys. Mr. Mills also created the NBC series “Kingpin,� > about a Mexican drug cartel, which was shown in 2003. > > HBO said Wednesday in a statement: > > > > HBO is deeply saddened by the sudden loss of our dear friend and colleague > David Mills. He was a gracious and humble man, and will be sorely missed by > those who knew and loved him, as well as those who were aware of his immense > talent. David has left us too soon but his brilliant work will live on. > > Mr. Mills also chronicled his passion for music at his blog, Undercover Black > Man . Before writing for television, he worked as a journalist and gained > national attention for a 1992 interview with the hip-hop performer Sister > Souljah in The Washington Post, in which she said, “If black people kill > black people every day, why not have a week and kill white people?� When > the Rainbow Coalition later invited Sister Souljah to speak at its > convention, the group was criticized by Gov. Bill Clinton, then a candidate > for the Democratic presidential nomination, who cited Mr. Mills’s > interview. >
