http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/17/arts/television/glen-a-larson-producer-of-knight-rider-and-magnum-pi-is-dead-at-77.html 2014-11-17 07:12:18 Glen A. Larson, Producer of ‘Knight Rider’ and ‘Magnum, P.I.,’ Is Dead at 77 Mr. Larson was the writer and producer behind popular television series like the original “Battlestar Galactica” and “Quincy, M.E.,” among many others. === Glen A. Larson, the writer and producer behind a series of hit television shows in the 1970s and ’80s, including the original The cause was complications of esophageal cancer, his son James said. Mr. Larson, who was also a singer and a composer, helped write the theme songs for some of his hits, including the frequently sampled tune from “Knight Rider” and the orchestral music behind “Battlestar Galactica,” his son said. He was nominated three times for an Emmy and once for a Grammy, for the original score of “Battlestar Galactica.” He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1985. Mr. Larson was born on Jan. 3, 1937, in Long Beach, Calif., to a Swedish immigrant mother and a Swedish-American father. In 1956 he joined a vocal group called the His first television writing credit came in 1966, on an episode of “The Fugitive.” By 1968 he had worked his way up to an associate producer on the series “It Takes a Thief” and soon began producing some of the biggest TV shows of the time. At one point, his son said, he had five shows on the air at the same time. Mr. Larson’s list of nearly four-dozen TV credits also includes “The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries,” “B.J. and the Bear,” “The Fall Guy” and the TV movie “The Six Million Dollar Man.” In addition to his son James, Mr. Larson is survived by his wife, Jeannie Pledger; a brother; and eight other children from two different marriages.