Steven Bochco, Creative Force Behind 'Hill Street Blues,' 'L.A. Law' and 'NYPD Blue,' Dies at 74

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Source: Hollywood Reporter

Steven Bochco, the strong-willed writer and producer who brought gritty realism and sprawling ensemble casts to the small screen with such iconic series as Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law and NYPD Blue, died Sunday morning, a family spokesman told The Hollywood Reporter. He was 74.

Suffering with leukemia, Bochco received a stem cell transplant from an anonymous 23-year-old in late 2014.

"Steven fought cancer with strength, courage, grace and his unsurpassed sense of humor," spokesman Phillip Arnold said. "He died peacefully in his sleep [at home] with his family close by."

Read more: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/steven-bochco-dead-hill-street-blues-la-law-nypd-blue-creator-741199

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RIP to the man responsible for some of the best television of the last 40 years.

[shenmue]

1. Rest in peace

[Va Lefty]

2. Damn tough one to lose. RIP

Still love me some NYPD Blue!

[BobTheSubgenius]

10. That show had me 30 seconds in.

The diner scene with Caruso and Franz that opened the series.

I slightly preferred Hill St, but they were all superb.

[Botany]

3. Opening scene had the perfect feel for a cold and grey urban setting

[Aristus]

9. I remember my mother telling me 'Hill St. Blues' was filmed in L.A.

I thought: "That doesn't look like L.A.!"

I think she meant the interiors were filmed there.

The exteriors looked like Chicago. The police uniforms and the police car livery looked like those in Chicago.

[jrandom421]

4. As many great shows he brought us

I will never forgive him for bringing us the travesy called "Cop Rock".

[lunamagica]

13. I loved "Cop Rock"

[blaze]

18. I did too! nt

[Archae]

5. I read somewhere that there are two words you didn't say to him...

"Cop Rock"

[FakeNoose]

6. R.I.P. Steven Bochco

Hill Street Blues was one of the greatest cop shows ever!

[Scarsdale]

15. I was pulled over by a police officer

while racing home from work, to see "Hill Street Blues" my favorite show. My rear view mirror had fallen off, and I did not see the flashing lights behind me! I was hoping he would not see the mirror laying on my back seat. He gave me a warning, said he had an armed robbery to go to, and left. Next day I read that the Kentucky Fried Chicken had been held up the night before.

[TheDebbieDee]

7. I loved MANY of his shows! RIP Mr Bochco...

Your work will be missed!

[hibbing]

8. I enjoyed all three of his big shows

Hadn't him about anything from him for a long time. Andy Sipowicz was a fully realized character.

Peace

[oasis]

11. Great producer. May he rest in peace. nt

[Duppers]

12. Hill Street

Was one of my all-time top 5 tv favorite programs.

[Paladin]

16. "Hill Street Blues" is Bochco's ultimate monument, in my opinion.

A genuine game-changer for TV dramas.

[BumRushDaShow]

14. R.I.P.

condolences to the family, and thank you for some iconic shows (which was also thanks to Mary Tyler Moore's MTM Enterprises that helped to bring about significant shifts in how drama was presented).

[Permanut]

17. And seven excellent episodes of Columbo..

Still my favorites.

[CTyankee]

19. he was married to a good friend of mine at Carnegie Mellon University (then called Carnegie

Institute of Technology) which he attended but after I had transferred out. His wife, Barbara Bosson, my friend, was my classmate at CIT. The marriage failed but they had two children. Bobbie is still in LA and helped my daughter find a job in costume design when she moved there. Bobbie and Stephen had two children, Melissa and Jesse.

He was certainly a groundbreaker in TV dramas. Great talent.

[Bayard]

20. Great shows

Used to watch all of them.