"NCIS" Executive Producer Gary Glasberg Dead at 50

Monty Brinton/CBS(LOS ANGELES) — Gary Glasberg, an executive producer of NCIS and the creator of the spin-off NCIS: New Orleans, died in his sleep Wednesday in Los Angeles, CBS has announced. He was 50.

Glasberg joined NCIS as a co-executive producer and writer in 2009, and became showrunner of the hit drama in 2011. He created NCIS: New Orleans in 2014.

A statement from the NCIS cast and crew reads, “Gary was our rock, our cheerleader, our team captain. He inspired us with his leadership, his creative instincts and keen insight. NCIS will not be the same without him, and each of us will miss his smiling face and unwavering humor, which lifted us every day.”

Glasberg’s other credits included the TV series The Mentalist and Bones.

He is survived by his wife, TV producer and screenwriter Mimi Schmir, their two sons, his father, and his sister.

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