'Wire,' 'Treme' writer David Mills dies

[proud2BlibKansan]

David Mills, a writer and producer for some of the best TV shows of the past two decades - including "Homicide," "Picket Fences," "ER" and "The Wire" - has died, CNN has confirmed through HBO.

Mills reportedly died of a brain aneurysm Tuesday in New Orleans, where he was a writer and co-producer of the new HBO series "Treme" (Khandi Alexander, one of the stars, is in the photo above). The show is scheduled for its premiere April 11. (HBO, like CNN, is a unit of Time Warner.)

"HBO is deeply saddened by the sudden loss of our dear friend and colleague David Mills," the network said in a statement to CNN and HLN. "He was a gracious and humble man, and will be sorely missed by those who knew and loved him, as well as those who were aware of his immense talent."

Mills was a newspaper reporter when he made the jump into TV writing with "Homicide," a series based on work by his friend and fellow reporter David Simon. The pair won a Writers Guild award for a "Homicide" script.

According to TV critic Alan Sepinwall, Mills was responsible for creating the character of Dr. Romano on "ER." He also won Emmys for his work on the HBO series "The Corner," another Simon project.

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[Tommy_Carcetti]

1. That's a shame.

As you can see from my screen name, I'm quite a fan of The Wire, as well as Homicide. Incredible writing and acting on both shows.

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. LOVE The Wire

One of the very best shows ever.

I am a teacher in an urban school and the year they did the storyline in the school it was so incredibly realistic. Still just amazes me how brilliant these writers were.

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. Oh damn..

So few really really well written shows anymore.

What a loss.

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. Huge loss

Saw him on Moyers one night a few months ago. Really sharp guy.

[AnnieBW]

5. He was the friend of a friend

I met David Mills once, when our Star Trek club, including my friend the part-time screenwriter, went to to L.A. for a convention. He was pretty cool. Of course, this was about 12 years ago. Of course, we've all been following his career, since we're all in the DC/Baltimore area. I'm really shocked that he died. Oh, and his friend found out this afternoon from reading it on the 'Net.

:cry: