This is tragic:
An HBO spokesman says David Mills, a veteran television writer who worked on “ER” and “The Wire,” has died in New Orleans.HBO spokesman Diego Aldana says Mills died Tuesday night but didn’t know the cause of death.
Mills also wrote for “The Corner” and “Homicide: Life on the Street” among other shows.
He is co-writer and co-executive producer of the new HBO series “Treme.”
And sadly ironic, “Treme” premieres in less than 2 weeks.
“The Wire” and “Homicide” are possibly the two best 1-hour TV dramas ever.
In honor of David Mills, here is a video “Making Treme”:
Godspeed, David.
this is such sad news, scott. just read at movieline it was a brain aneurysm.
This is sad news indeed. HOMICIDE was one of my all-time favorite shows, to the point where I even bought the sub-par seasons 6 and 7 on DVD just for a few good episodes. He wrote some great ones, including "Bop Gun" which is generally known as "The Robin Williams episode" in season two. It might be one of Williams' best performances.
I was just getting started on a Homicide-related post for my blog featuring a different episode, but now I might have to cover one of his in tribute.
Please keep up the great work