John Masius , the two-time Emmy-winning writer and producer whose credits included St. Elsewhere , Touched By an Angel , Providence and The White Shadow , passed away peacefully at his Los Angeles home on September 13th after a nine-month decline from ALS. He was 75.

The news was announced by his wife Ellen Bry, who played Nurse Shirley on St. Elsewhere .

Born on July 30, 1950 in Manhattan, Masius grew up in Scarsdale, NY. He earned degrees from Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and UCLA Anderson School of Management.

While working as a waiter at a cafe in Venice, a chance meeting with producer Bruce Paltrow opened the door to what became a remarkable career. It started when he became a production assistant and then a writer and coordinating producer on Pal

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