RIP Stephen J. Cannell - Neatorama

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TV writer and producer Stephen J. Cannell has died as a result of melanoma. He was 69. Cannell created (or co-created) dozens of TV series in the 1970s, '80s and '90s, including The Rockford Files, The A-Team, 21 Jump Street, Silk Stalkings, The Commish, Hardcastle And McCormick, Baa Baa Black Sheep, and Baretta. He also wrote novels and screenplays. Shown here is a montage of all but two of the evolving logos Stephen J. Cannell Productions tagged the end of the shows with. Link -via Metafilter

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The Rockford Files, good late 70's stuff. The rest, not so good.

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I saw him twice at the annual LA Times Festival of Books.
Dude had the absolute coolest presence about him.
Sure gonna miss him.

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There's gonna be one less chair in Richard Castle's poker games. RIP, Stephen. We'll miss you.

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Man, seeing this logo really invokes nostalgia for me. It was at the end of so many TV shows I saw as a kid. :)

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Facinating video on his website about Dyslexia. I had no idea it wasn't just about mixed up letters. Sequencing, and untimed testing were something i learned today. =)

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