![]() Undoubtedly, Ellison’s most revered and notorious TV script was “The City on the Edge of Forever,” used for a 1967 episode he penned for the original Star Trek. When he wasn’t satisfied with how his work eventually showed up on the screen, he insisted his name be replaced in the credits with the pseudonym “Cordwainer Bird.” And he did that often. He lent his expertise to The Twilight Zone revival in the 1980s and to Babylon 5 in the 1990s, and even wrote a 1968 episode of The Flying Nun, noting that the only reason he took the job was with the hope of bedding Sally Field. Television beckoned throughout his long career, and Ellison wrote scripts for incarnations of The Outer Limits decades apart. ![]() He was truly one of a kind and we already miss him.” ![]() His work speaks volumes, but we will always remember and appreciate his candor and caustic sense of humor, along with his unwavering commitment to his artistic vision. In a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, it wrote, “It was our immense privilege to know and work with Harlan over the past few years. The Paradigm Agency expressed its sentiments regarding Ellison’s death. Stephen King, in Danse Macabre, his 1981 homage to horror fiction, praised Ellison’s Strange Wine collection of short stories for being among the best published between 1950-80. ![]() Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian Singer/Songwriter, Dies at 84 ![]()
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