[scifinoir2] Re: David Mills, Television Writer and Producer, Dies

[Kelwyn]

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/ 
> 
> 
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> 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.
>