"Masius, who started out in the early 1980s on the CBS drama The White Shadow, also created the 2009-11 TNT medical show Hawthorne, starring Jada Pinkett Smith and Michael Vartan, and he also wrote and/or produced for NBC's L.A. Law and Showtime's Dead Like Me during his long career. With frequent collaborator Mark Tinker, Masius developed NBC's St. Elsewhere, set at a fictional Boston hospital. He wrote and produced for the show during entire six-season run (1982-87), receiving writing Emmys in 1984 and '86 amid 14 nominations for his work there."
"Masius died Saturday at his home in Los Angeles after a nine-month decline from ALS, his ex-wife, actress Ellen Bry, announced. She played nurse Shirley Daniels on St. Elsewhere. The spiritual Touched by an Angel, starring Roma Downey and Della Reese, lasted nine seasons (1994-2003) on CBS, and the medical show Providence, starring Melina Kanakaredes and Mike Farrell, ran for five (1999-2002). Both series were bathed in warmth and heart."
John Masius was a television writer and producer who won two Emmys for his work on St. Elsewhere. He created the uplifting dramas Touched by an Angel and Providence and developed the TNT medical series Hawthorne. He wrote and produced for L.A. Law and Dead Like Me and collaborated frequently with Mark Tinker. He wrote for St. Elsewhere throughout its six-season run, earning Emmys in 1984 and 1986 amid multiple nominations. Masius was born in Manhattan, raised in Scarsdale, graduated from Wharton, earned a master's from UCLA Anderson, and died in Los Angeles at 75 after a nine-month decline from ALS.
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