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Gary Glasberg dead: ‘NCIS’ showrunner dies suddenly in his sleep at age 50
Gary Glasberg
In this July 17, 2014 file photo, Gary Glasberg executive producer/showrunner of “NCIS” appears at the “NCIS: New Orleans” panel at the CBS 2014 Summer TCA in Beverly Hills, Calif.
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“NCIS” showrunner Gary Glasberg is dead at age 50, CBS has announced.
The longtime television producer and creator of spinoff series “NCIS: New Orleans” died suddenly in his sleep Wednesday in Los Angeles. His cause of death is currently unknown, according to USA Today.
Glasberg worked on “The Mentalist,” “Crossing Jordan” and “Bones” before joining “NCIS” as an executive producer and showrunner in 2009. The series, starring Mark Harmon and Pauley Perrette as members of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, has been TV’s most-watched drama for the past seven years with an average of more than 20 million viewers.
Variety reports Glasberg, a New York native, got his start in comic books and animated series for Hanna-Barbera, Warner Bros., Disney and Nickelodeon. He wrote for “Rugrats,” “Duckman” and “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers” before transitioning to drama in the late ’90s.