Believe It Or Not, I'm Walking On Air....

(Props to Phil)

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Guess he was typing his obit...
(Kudos to Phil)

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Hardcastle and McDeadmick
(Can I Get a Whoop Whoop for Phil)

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They said no one died in an A-Team episode...
(Cap tip to Phil, president of the Stephen J. Cannell fan club)

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In 2010, Stephen J. Cannell died from complications from melanoma. His soul promptly escaped the corporeal body to the Limbo Angeles Underground. Today, still wanted by the devil, he survives as a soul of fortune. If you have a problem, and no one on earth can help, maybe you should call... THE PRAYER TEAM
(Further fanfare for Phil)
Stephen J. Cannell, supplier of at least 2 hours of programming a day on most of the nation’s UHF channels, has died of melanoma at the age of 69. With more than 1,500 episodes as writer, producer or executive producer, he ranks as one of TV’s most prolific creators, most notably with The Rockford Files, which helped shift TV crime dramas from dry by the numbers affairs, and The A-Team, a hit when NBC desperately needed one in the mid-1980s. He helped launch Kevin Spacey’s career with an extended run as a villain on Wiseguy and made Johnny Depp a Teen Beat cover boy with 21 Jump Street. He introduced lovable lug Michael Chiklis as The Commish, a character light years from Vic Mackey on The Shield. He was less successful with William Katt and The Greatest American Hero. Other creations included Riptide, Hunter, Renegade, Silk Stalkings, Hardcastle and McCormick, Tenspeed and Brown Shoe and Booker. Most recently, he appeared as a poker buddy on Castle, though unfortunately, not as a writer.