Stephen J. Cannell

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KENJI · #1 Post by **KENJI** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 7:20 pm

I just heard that Stephen J. Cannell passed away at 69 from complications with melanoma.
What a loss!!!!!

Mavrick · #2 Post by **Mavrick** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 7:39 pm

What a sad thing if you want to see more about it, http://www.cannell.com/

#3 Post by **Styles Bitchley** » Wed Oct 06, 2010 9:26 am

Wow. That sucks. I was a big A-Team fan back in the day.

He actually seemed like a super cool guy. If anyone has seen the Bring Back... episode on the A-Team, he responds really well to being ambushed and he even digs out some old A-Team props including B.A.'s gold chains!

Sad.

Steve · #4 Post by **Steve** » Wed Oct 06, 2010 8:22 pm

If you saw the Biography piece on Selleck he seemed to be a friend and mentor to Tom. Our retro station here in Chicago is paying tribute to him Saturday with a marathon of his shows playing all day..........

Mavrick · #5 Post by **Mavrick** » Fri Oct 08, 2010 4:09 am

Steve wrote:If you saw the Biography piece on Selleck he seemed to be a friend and mentor to Tom. Our retro station here in Chicago is paying tribute to him Saturday with a marathon of his shows playing all day..........

Very cool I want a retro station, thats very cool

Northern_Union · #6 Post by **Northern_Union** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 10:36 am

RIP, sad sad news indeed.

Pahonu · #7 Post by **Pahonu** » Mon Oct 11, 2010 4:15 pm

Very sad indeed. I loved The Rockford Files. Does anyone remember the short-lived detective series Tenspeed and Brownshoe? He wrote that also and I thought it was brilliant. Jeff Goldbloom was great as the wide-eyed accountant turned gumshoe with romantic visions of the profession. His partner Ben Vereen was also great as the realist, con-man type. Too bad it didn't even last a full season. I remember at the time liking the show even more than Rockford which had just ended.

Italian Ice · #8 Post by **Italian Ice** » Sat Oct 16, 2010 8:33 am

Man, I just found about this now. What a shame considering the resurgence of some of the shows he created like the A-Team. I can only hope there will still be talks about a GAH movie or something.