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NBC Universal programming exec Nora O'Brien dies (44)
AP on Yahoo ^
| 5/1/09
| AP
Posted on 05/01/2009 1:00:43 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
NEW YORK – NBC Universal says Nora O'Brien, its executive in charge of drama programming, has died.
Spokesman Curt King says O'Brien died Wednesday after collapsing in Berkeley, Calif., on the set of a TV series in development for NBC.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: battlestargalactica; dies; heroes; hollywood; nbc; noraobrien
Condolences to the family and network.
To: NormsRevenge
Very sad, and so young, A woman who helped bring Galactica to Scifi and Heroes to NBC cut down in her prime.
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posted on
05/01/2009 1:02:08 PM PDT
by
FreepShop1
(www.FreepShop.com)
To: NormsRevenge
Condolences to the family but not to NBC, MSNBC, Universal and most of CNBC.
Boycott GE and their companies MSNBC, NBC, Universal, and CNBC.
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posted on
05/01/2009 1:06:30 PM PDT
by
Frantzie
("Remember when Bush was President & Americans had jobs?")
To: FreepShop1
I was going to make an off the cuff remark, but it would have been more aimed at whoever runs the comedy side of the business.
SciFi has a lot of loyal followers and she probably deserves a lot of credit.
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posted on
05/01/2009 1:08:15 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed.)
To: NormsRevenge
44 years old? How dreadful! Much too young.
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
05/01/2009 1:14:47 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
To: jazminerose
Yeah, way too young. Prayers for her family.
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posted on
05/01/2009 1:27:32 PM PDT
by
kenth
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
05/01/2009 1:29:25 PM PDT
by
Enterprise
(The Porkulus brought us economic swine flu.)
To: Enterprise
She’s pretty. Sorrowful for the husband, children, etc.
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posted on
05/01/2009 1:32:09 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
("We beat the Soviet Union, then we became them." -- Lazamataz, 2005)
To: NormsRevenge
Way too young to die. Hope that these new shows that NBC is working on don’t help push Chuck to cancellation. Chuck is my favorite show right now.
To: Lazamataz
It is very sad. If my wife had died at age 44, our kids would have been 14 and 10. My prayers for her family.
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posted on
05/01/2009 1:47:39 PM PDT
by
Enterprise
(The Porkulus brought us economic swine flu.)
To: Question_Assumptions
I read somewhere Chuck may be on its way out,, and My Name is ‘URL’ is maybe out too,, probably headed to Fox..
that would leave Meet The Perps as one of the last comedy dramas on NBC.
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posted on
05/01/2009 1:51:40 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed.)
To: NormsRevenge
Chuck is endangered but there are apparently insiders saying that it will get a 13 episode 3rd Season. There are also rumors that if NBC doesn’t pick it up, CW will (Warner makes it).
To: NormsRevenge; KevinDavis
A lot more bio information
here. Looks like her projects included Kings (which I really enjoyed -- real shame about the ratings) and worked on the Stargate shows at Sci-Fi, which I also enjoyed as well as the new Bionic Woman. Sounds like she was an advocate of Science Fiction so it's a shame for science fiction fans that she's gone.
To: Enterprise; KevinDavis
Ping list alert.......
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posted on
05/01/2009 7:43:20 PM PDT
by
Viking2002
(This tagline for rent.)
To: Question_Assumptions
Thanks for the link.
Never tuned Kings in, definitely saw more than a few episodes of Stargate tho.
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posted on
05/01/2009 10:24:45 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed.)
To: NormsRevenge
How does a young active professional just drop dead, exhaustion?
R.I.P. god speed.
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posted on
05/01/2009 10:30:53 PM PDT
by
MaxMax
(America's population is 304-Million. Obama must punish America for the other 4.7 Billion)
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