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Vail Stephen J. Cannell: 1941-2010

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Action TV Icon Stephen J. Cannell Dies

October 1, 2010
Stephen J. Cannell, the writer-producer of dozens of TV series, including hits such as The Rockford Files, The A-Team and The Commish, has died at age 69.

Cannell passed away at his home in Pasadena, Calif., on Thursday night from complications associated with melanoma, his family said in a statement on Friday.

During three decades as an independent producer, he distinguished himself as a rangy, outgoing man with a trim beard who was generally identified with action dramas full of squealing tires and tough guys trading punches.

During his TV heyday, Cannell became familiar to viewers from the ID that followed each of his shows: He was seen in his office typing on his Selectric before blithely ripping a sheet of paper from the typewriter carriage, whereupon it morphed into the C-shaped logo of Cannell Entertainment Inc.

That was all the idea of his wife, Marcia, he said, and it "appealed to my sense of hooey. ... I'm a ham."

He was also an occasional actor, most recently with a recurring role on ABC-TV's series, Castle.
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Probably not well known to a lot of youngsters here, but this guy's TV shows shaped many an 80s child's childhood. Action shows like The Rockford Files, The A-Team, Hardcastle & McCormick, Riptide, Hunter, and the Greatest American Hero, all the way up to pop culture shows like 21 Jump Street. Great guy all around, and kept a lot of us kids back then glued to the TV.

RIP.

BL.
 
bradl said:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130271869



Probably not well known to a lot of youngsters here, but this guy's TV shows shaped many an 80s child's childhood. Action shows like The Rockford Files, The A-Team, Hardcastle & McCormick, Riptide, Hunter, and the Greatest American Hero, all the way up to pop culture shows like 21 Jump Street. Great guy all around, and kept a lot of us kids back then glued to the TV.

RIP.

BL.
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Totally agree. The man was a writing genius. Rockford Files- a classic. What a loss.
 
bradl said:
Probably not well known to a lot of youngsters here, but this guy's TV shows shaped many an 80s child's childhood. Action shows like The Rockford Files, The A-Team, Hardcastle & McCormick, Riptide, Hunter, and the Greatest American Hero, all the way up to pop culture shows like 21 Jump Street. Great guy all around, and kept a lot of us kids back then glued to the TV.

RIP.

BL.
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The Selectric guy is dead?! NOOOOOO:(
I watched all of those shows as a kid.
 
The man that gave us "I love it when a plan comes together" and "I pity the fool". RIP :(
 
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