TV WRITER GILLIS DIES
Emmy-nominated U.S. TV writer JACKSON GILLIS has died from pneumonia at t he age of 93.
Gillis, whose career spanned more than four decades, passed away in Mos cow, Idaho on 19 August (10), his daughter Candida tells the New York Tim es.
His small screen credits include episodes of Lassie, Superman, Spin and Marty, I Spy, The Man From U.N.C.L.E., Lost in Space, Perry Mason, for w hich he was also associate producer, and Columbo, which earned him an Emm y nomination in 1972.
He is survived by his daughter, Candida Gillis, and a grandson. (JMA/WN
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