Obituaries: TV Producer Ron Koslow Dies at 81; Washington Post Film Critic Ann Hornaday Dies at 66
Ron Koslow, the television writer and producer who created CBS's "Beauty and the Beast," died on October 7 at his home in Brentwood, California, his family confirmed to Variety. He was 81. Koslow's 1987 series starred Linda Hamilton as an assistant district attorney and Ron Perlman as Vincent, a noble man-beast living in a hidden world beneath New York City. The show ran for three seasons, earned Koslow three Emmy nominations, including one for writing in a drama series in 1988, and later served as the basis for the CW's 2012 adaptation. Trained as a lawyer after attending UC Berkeley, UCLA film school and Loyola Law School, Koslow began in features, writing "Lifeguard" (1976), "Firstborn" and "Into the Night." He later co-created the Fox series "Roar" and CBS's vampire drama "Moonlight" with Trevor Munson, and served as an executive producer on "Birds of Prey." His family said his work explored "the transformative power of love." He is survived by his sister, brother-in-law and two nieces.
Ann Hornaday, the longtime chief film critic of The Washington Post, died on Sunday, October 18, at her home in Baltimore. She was 66. Her husband, Dennis Greenia, said the cause was glioblastoma, a form of brain cancer. Born in Iowa City in 1960 and raised in Des Moines, Hornaday graduated from Smith College in 1982, worked at Ms. magazine as Gloria Steinem's assistant and freelanced in New York before serving as film critic at the Austin American-Statesman and the Baltimore Sun. She joined the Post in 2002 and wrote hundreds of reviews over more than two decades, becoming a Pulitzer Prize finalist for criticism in 2008. Her 2017 book, "Talking Pictures: How to Watch Movies," was a guide to watching film; she recently completed a book on the making of "All the President's Men," tentatively slated for publication in 2028. She took a buyout and left the Post in 2025. "For many years, Post readers were blessed by Ann's informed, insightful, warm, accessible and totally unique voice," Post Executive Editor Matt Murray said. "Reading her work was like talking with a close, if much more knowledgeable, friend." She is survived by her husband, her daughter, her stepdaughter and her brother.
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