Johnny Byrne, Irish writer (Doctor Who, Space: 1999), 73
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Several sources are reporting the death yesterday (April 3) of Johnny
Byrne. Byrne penned three stories for the classic Doctor Who series:
The Keeper of Traken starring Tom Baker (in which the character Nyssa,
played by Sarah Sutton, eventually became a companion), Arc of
Infinity and Warriors of the Deep starring Peter Davison.
Byrne also penned a film script for the series which was not used. In
addition, he wrote eleven episodes of "Space: 1999" as well as
episodes of "All Creatures Great and Small", which co-starred Davison,
and "Heartbeat" as well as other series and miniseries.
According to his entry on Wikipedia, Byrne "traveled extensively in
his youth as a traveling poet. In the 1960s he worked as a literary
editor and wrote poetry and short stories which was [sic] published in
Science Fantasy Magazine.
"His other works include Groupie (1969), Season Of The Witch (1971).
and the scripts for the films Adolf Hitler, My Part In His Downfall
(1972), and Rosie Is My Relative (1976)."
Born in 1935, he died on April 3 due to undisclosed causes.
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