I'm really sorry to hear this. He was a talented and interesting guy.
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 2:10 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote:
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
ITZKOFFhttp://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/author/dave-itzkoff/
*12:24 p.m. | Updated *
David
Millshttp://partners.nytimes.com/library/national/race/061100scott-corner.html,
an Emmy Award-winning writer and producer for crime dramas like “The
Wire”http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/10/arts/television/10stan.htmlon 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
reportedhttp://www.nola.com/treme-hbo/index.ssf/2010/03/treme_writer_david_mills_dies.htmlthat
Mr. Mills died from a brain aneurysm. HBO is about to broadcast the
debut of a new series,
“Treme,”http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/21/magazine/21simon-t.htmlon 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,”http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/198480/The-Corner/overviewadapted
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 http://undercoverblackman.blogspot.com/. Before writing for
television, he worked as a journalist and gained national attention for a
1992
interviewhttp://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/74018923.html?dids=74018923:74018923FMT=ABSwith
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.
