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TV producer Aaron Spelling dies at 83
Aaron Spelling, a onetime movie bit player who created a massive number of hit series, from the vintage Charlie's Angels and Dynasty to Beverly Hills 90210 and Melrose Place, died last Friday (June 23). Spelling, 83 died at his mansion in Los Angeles after suffering a stroke on June 18. Spelling's other hit series included Love Boat, Fantasy Island,Burke's Law,The Mod Squad, Starsky and Hutch,T.J. Hooker,Matt Houston,Hart to Hart and Hotel. He kept his hand in 21st-century TV with series including 7th Heaven and Summerland. He also produced more than 140 television films.Among the most notable films are Death Sentence (1974), Nick Nolte's first starring role; The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976), John Travolta's first dramatic role; and The Best Little Girl in the World (1981), which starred Jennifer Jason Leigh. During the 1970s and 1980s, Spelling provided series and movies exclusively for ABC and is credited for the network's rise to major status. Jokesters referred to it as The Aaron Broadcasting Company. Success was not without its thorns. TV critics denounced Spelling for fostering fluff and nighttime soap operas. He called his shows "mind candy"; critics referred to them as "mindless candy." Charlie's Angels ushered in a genre known as "jiggle TV" for its gratuitous focus on the female form.
Spelling had arrived in Hollywood virtually penniless in the early 1950s. By the 1980s, Forbes magazine estimated his wealth at $300 million. He enjoyed his status, working in a Hollywood office larger than those of golden-era moguls ("I'm slightly claustrophpobic," he explained.) He gifted his second wife, Candy, with a 40-carat diamond ring.The Spellings' most publicized extravagance was their 56,500-square-foot French chateau in Holmby Hills.
Aaron Spelling, a onetime movie bit player who created a massive number of hit series, from the vintage Charlie's Angels and Dynasty to Beverly Hills 90210 and Melrose Place, died last Friday (June 23). Spelling, 83 died at his mansion in Los Angeles after suffering a stroke on June 18. Spelling's other hit series included Love Boat, Fantasy Island,Burke's Law,The Mod Squad, Starsky and Hutch,T.J. Hooker,Matt Houston,Hart to Hart and Hotel. He kept his hand in 21st-century TV with series including 7th Heaven and Summerland. He also produced more than 140 television films.Among the most notable films are Death Sentence (1974), Nick Nolte's first starring role; The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976), John Travolta's first dramatic role; and The Best Little Girl in the World (1981), which starred Jennifer Jason Leigh. During the 1970s and 1980s, Spelling provided series and movies exclusively for ABC and is credited for the network's rise to major status. Jokesters referred to it as The Aaron Broadcasting Company. Success was not without its thorns. TV critics denounced Spelling for fostering fluff and nighttime soap operas. He called his shows "mind candy"; critics referred to them as "mindless candy." Charlie's Angels ushered in a genre known as "jiggle TV" for its gratuitous focus on the female form.
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