ROBERT COLESBERRY, RIP: The end of "Sex and the City" and the upcoming return of "The Sopranos" are getting all the attention this week, which has unfortunately overshadowed another HBO development: the death last week at the age of 57 of Robert Colesberry, Jr., who co-created HBO's cop drama "The Wire." An amazingly dense and complicated series, "The Wire" was my pick for the best television program of 2003, and in addition to creating and producing the show, Colesberry also occasionally appeared as an actor. Colesberry also co-produced such great films as "Mississippi Burning" and "61*," and served in the Army as a young man.
Posted by Stephen Silver at February 23, 2004 02:34 AM