It doesn't seem to have made the press reports yet but writer-director-producer Phil De Guere passed away last week from cancer. He was best known for his work on the shows Simon and Simon, Max Headroom, and the 1985 revival of The Twilight Zone. In fact, he can be heard on the commentary track of the recently-released Twilight Zone DVDs. Comic fans will also recall that he wrote and directed the 1978 TV-Movie of Dr. Strange.
I did not know Phil well, but I could see he was well-liked and respected by the folks he worked with. Let's hope we've gotten the deaths of all the real good, talented people who are going to die this year out of the way in January.