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'Shield' Director/Producer Dies Scott Brazil, 50, suffered from ALS April 19 2006
LOS ANGELES -- Scott Brazil, an executive producer and director of FX's series "The Shield," has died.
Brazil, a two-time winner at both the Emmys and the Golden Globes, died Monday at Sherman Oaks Hospital in Los Angeles of complications from ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) and Lyme disease, news reports say. He was 50.
A veteran of such shows as "Hill Street Blues" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," Brazil has been with "The Shield" since it premiered in 2002. He directed 11 episodes of the series, including the premiere and finale for seasons two, three and four. As a producer, he shared in the show's 2003 Golden Globe win for best drama series.
His other awards were for "Hill Street Blues," which won the outstanding drama series Emmy in 1983 and '84 and the Golden Globe for best drama in '83.
In addition to those shows, Brazil directed episodes of "Grey's Anatomy," "JAG," "Nip/Tuck" and "CSI: Miami," among others. He was a co-executive producer of "Gideon's Crossing" and "L.A. Doctors" as well.
He continued to work on "The Shield" while fighting ALS, using a motorized wheelchair to get around. "He came into the office as late as Thursday and was talking to the writers, doing casting and prepping our next episode," "Shield" creator Shawn Ryan tells The Hollywood Reporter. "We knew his body was letting him down, but his mind never deteriorated."
Brazil is survived by his wife, Marie, two children, a brother and his parents.
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btw,on a related note, the 1948 U.S.presidential candidate ___________wallace, who seems also to have either been a scientist, or amateur scientist was diagnosed with als shorty after his return from an exploration of the mayan ruins.
four of my own hypotheses for his illness.
first,being a woodsman/explorer, wallace may have contracted lyme in the U.S. prior to exploring to the mayan temples/jungle, and manifested borreliosis upon his return to the U.S.
a second hypothesis would be that he was bitten only in the mayan jungle,and showed Sx upon return to the U.S.
third hypoth. might be that he was bitten in both the U.S., and in the mayan jungle.
4th hypoth. might be that he was bitten by, or came into contact with poison insects,spiders, frogs,and/or other venemous critters that did not carry spirochetes,but venom(s).
5th hypoth. a combination of insect-borne infection(s), and a venemous bite.
in a similar case,years ago, either the wife of, and or her opthalmologist-husband also returned to the U.S. from an exploration of the mayan temples,and were diagnosed with lyme borreliosis. this is published in a lyme newsletter, c. 1999-2001, whose name escapes me, as i type this as i'm thinking of this case.
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