2010----In Remembrance.

James Heseldon, owner of Segway, died, presumably from a Segway accident. His body and a Segway vehicle were recovered from a river Sunday.
 

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Comedian Greg Giraldo died on Wednesday at age 44, five days after being hospitalized for what celebrity media reported was an accidental prescription drug overdose.
 



Character actor Joe Mantell, who was nominated for an Oscar for Marty, and said the final line of Chinatown, died yesterday after a long illness. He was 94.
 

Prolific television producer Stephen J. Cannell died yesterday from complications of melonoma. He was 69.

Among the shows he created or produced were The Rockford Files, The A-Team, and 21 Jump Street.
 


So true.

Add to that list Black Sheep Squadron, Baretta, Greatest American Hero, Riptide, and the short-lived Tenspeed and Brown Shoe, and I suspect he's responsible for more hours of entertainment in my life than anyone else. Quite a loss.

There's a big list of shows I didn't watch much that he's also responsible for, and I'd be remiss in not listing some of them: Hardcastle and McCormick, Stingray, Wiseguy, The Commish, Renegade, and Silk Stalkings.
 

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