Departures of note

Ron Koslow was an American television writer, producer and screenwriter best known as the creator of the CBS fantasy drama Beauty and the Beast, which ran from 1987 to 1990 and starred Linda Hamilton and Ron Perlman. The series became a cult favorite and was later rebooted on The CW in 2012, with Koslow serving as an executive producer on the new version. A St. Louis native, Koslow also received sole screenplay credit on the films Lifeguard (1976), starring Sam Elliott, Firstborn (1984) and Into the Night (1985). He co-created the 1997 Fox fantasy series Roar with Shaun Cassidy, which featured an early role for Heath Ledger, and co-created the CBS vampire drama Moonlight (2007) with Trevor Munson. He died at the age of 81.