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Stephen Joseph Cannell (February 5, 1941 – September 30, 2010) was an American television producer, writer, novelist and occasional actor, and the founder of Stephen J. Cannell Productions. Cannell created or co-created nearly 40 television series, mostly crime dramas, including "The Rockford Files," "The Greatest American Hero," "The A-Team," "Wiseguy," "21 Jump Street," "Silk Stalkings," and "The Commish." In the process he had, by his own count, scripted more than 450 episodes, and produced or executive produced over 1,500 episodes.
Cannel married his high school sweetheart, Marcia. Together they had two daughters, Tawnia and Chelsea, and two sons, Cody and Derek. Derek died in 1981 at age 15 when a sand castle he was building at the beach collapsed and suffocated him.
Cannell was dyslexic, and was a spokesperson on the subject. According to an episode of Paul Harvey's The Rest of the Story, Cannell frequently had to dictate ideas or even complete scripts to a personal secretary. He discussed his experiences as a dyslexic in the upcoming documentary Dislecksia: The Movie.
Cannell continued to write on a typewriter (an IBM Selectric) and only used a computer for research purposes.
(source: Wikipedia)
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