Glen A. Larson Dies From Cancer at 77

The american screenwriter and television producer Glen A. Larson, died recently in Santa Monica, California from esophageal cancer, at the age of 77.

Larson exhibiting a smaller scale model of KITT from his Knight Rider TV Show
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Born on January 3, 1937 in Los Angeles, California, Glen A. Larson was the man behind some of the world's best-known prime-time television series. His highly successful productions (successful both financially and popularly, less often critically) include Knight Rider (1982), The Fall Guy (1981), Magnum, P.I. (1980), Battlestar Galactica (1978), and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979).

Edward Mulhare, David Hasselhoff and Patricia McPherson alonside the Trans-Am (KITT), were the main cast of Larson's Knight Rider 

The hallmark of Larson's style was the family entertainment. Always humorous with the firmly tongue-in-cheek, his series are textbook examples of the genre for any would-be prime-time producer: simple storylines, likable, charismatic lead characters combined with very little violence, no bad language and well-crafted "motif"-laced soundtracks. People like Larson's series because they are fun and relaxing and a wonderful escape from the real world.

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From our part at the Ark Of Dreams, we just want to give our condolences to his family and say, thank you Glen for having reached to a whole generation the message that "One Man Can Make The Difference".

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