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George Clayton Johnson, 'Twilight Zone' and 'Star Trek' Writer, Dies at 86 (official, I think)
The Hollywood Reporter ^ | December 25, 2015 | Mike Barnes

Posted on 12/26/2015 10:32:11 AM PST by EveningStar

George Clayton Johnson, the celebrated science fiction and fantasy writer who wrote the first aired episode of Star Trek, seven episodes of The Twilight Zone and the novel on which Logan's Run is based, has died. He was 86.

Johnson, who also co-wrote the story that became the 1960 heist movie Ocean's Eleven, died Christmas Day of bladder and prostate cancer at a veteran’s hospital in North Hills, Calif., his son, Paul Johnson, told The Hollywood Reporter.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: fantasy; georgeclaytonjohnson; logansrun; obituary; sciencefiction; scifi; startrek; thetwilightzone; twilightzone
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1 posted on 12/26/2015 10:32:11 AM PST by EveningStar
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To: Borges; Perdogg

ping


2 posted on 12/26/2015 10:32:40 AM PST by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar

A veterans hospital?! Why a VH with his money?


3 posted on 12/26/2015 10:36:34 AM PST by albie
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To: albie

What an odd question


4 posted on 12/26/2015 11:34:22 AM PST by al baby (Hi Mom yes I know)
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To: albie

.. veterans hospital?! Why a VH with his money?

Why not? Apparently he earned it.


5 posted on 12/26/2015 11:48:07 AM PST by Sasparilla
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To: EveningStar
Sadly, he was passed over for that part in Lord of the Rings.

Blast you, Sir Ian McKellan!

Curses to ZZ Top, Allman, Wakeman, and whoever else it was who stole his style!

6 posted on 12/26/2015 12:06:43 PM PST by x
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To: EveningStar

One of the best episodes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Game_of_Pool_(1961)


7 posted on 12/26/2015 12:50:36 PM PST by packrat35 (Pelosi is only on loan to the world from Satan. Hopefully he will soon want his baby killer back)
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To: EveningStar

April Fools ?


8 posted on 12/26/2015 1:40:22 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: packrat35

My one beef with that episode is that I thought Klugman (almost 40) was too old to play his character. It should’ve been played by a teenager or twentysomething (somewhere between 17-25).


9 posted on 12/26/2015 1:46:35 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

I agree with your accessment. A younger person would have worked better. But it still worked with Klugman. I think they used Klugman cause he was a really good pool player in real life.


10 posted on 12/27/2015 7:45:36 PM PST by packrat35 (Pelosi is only on loan to the world from Satan. Hopefully he will soon want his baby killer back)
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To: packrat35; Impy; GOPsterinMA; BillyBoy

Of course, we were just watching a “Twilight Zone” version of “The Hustler”, anyhow. ;-D

I always got a kick out of both, since the character of “Fats” was based on Rudolf Wanderone AKA Minnesota Fats. Before they upgraded it to a 5-star hotel, the Hermitage Hotel here in Nashville is where Minnesota Fats chose to retire. They let him keep his pool table on the mezzanine above the hotel lobby. Every time I’d drop by the hotel as a youngster, I’d pop up to the mezzanine to see if Fats was playing. Alas, he was never there when I visited.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Wanderone


11 posted on 12/27/2015 8:04:48 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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