Dr. Phil's producer Jeremy Stabile, dead at 28
debbie
morning so I caught today's episode. At the end of the show Dr.Phil
did a brief tribute to one of his young producers, Jeremy Stabile. He
died and was only 28.
I only found a brief mention of Jeremy Stabile's death when i searched
the web.
It said he died of natural causes.
Does anyone know why he died?
Maggie
Tuesday, February 18, 2003
Nashua, TV world mourn life cut short
By DEAN SHALHOUP, Telegraph Staff
shal...@telegraph-nh.com
Itís very difficult to look through such a long list of achievements and not
come away quite impressed.
But as hard-working and successful as Nashua native Jeremy Stabile was in his
profession as a television producer and writer, itís the recollections of his
immediate and extended family and his friends from coast to coast that may
paint the most accurate picture of a remarkable young man who died so
unexpectedly Thursday near his home in Los Angeles.
Stabile, the middle son of well-known Nashua residents John and Virginia
Stabile, was only 28 when he collapsed on the way to dinner with friends. He
died an hour later at Cedars Sinai Hospital.
The family said the exact cause of death isnít known, but they believe it was
related to a heart problem. An autopsy is pending.
Stabile graduated in 1993 from Bishop Guertin High School and in 1997 from
Boston Universityís College of Communication. He took the fast track into the
world of television production, starting with a college internship on the set
of the CBS soap opera, ėThe Bold and the Beautiful.î
After stints with ėThe Leeza Gibbons Show,î ėThe Donny and Marie Showî and
Cybill Shepherdís ėMen are from Mars, Women are from Venus,î Stabile was named
a producer of ėThe Dr. Phil Show,î the nationally syndicated human behavior TV
talk show hosted by life strategist and top-selling author Dr. Phillip C.
McGraw.
As word of his death filtered through the Hollywood community and his company,
Paramount/Harpo Productions, fellow television executives and his many
colleagues were left in shock.
ėJeremy was truly a remarkable young man, a huge talent,î McGraw said in a
telephone interview Monday from a hotel in New York, where he was filming an
appearance on ėThe David Letterman Show.î
McGraw said Stabile ņ part of a team that recruited, interviewed and prepared
guests for shows ņ was especially adept at creating shows from a seed.
ėThis kid had vision,î McGraw said. ėHe could take an idea for a show, develop
it and mold it into a framework within which I could easily work. Thatís
unusual for someone so young with comparatively little life experience.î
Personally, McGraw said, Stabileís presence lit up a room.
ėHe had what we call in the (psychology) field ëa health-engendering
personality,í î he said. ėHe had a calmness, a willing spirit, that made
everyone around him feel good about themselves.î
Breaking the news of Stabileís death was especially tough, said McGraw, who
originally was known for his regular appearances on ėThe Oprah Winfrey Show.î
ėIíve never seen a group of people so devastated in my life,î he said. ėHe will
be sorely missed.î
On Monday, as the first flakes of snow began to fall, friends and relatives
arrived a few at a time at the Stabilesí north Nashua home to comfort each
other and make arrangements for the Wednesday funeral.
John Stabile said he thinks his son was among the youngest ņ and possibly the
youngest ņ producer in the business.
ėHe was a young man who set goals for himself and reached them,î he said. ėHe
lived every minute of his 28 years in a very positive way. The proof is in his
many friends and all those with whom he spent time.î
His mom, Ginny Stabile, said distance didnít keep the family from being close.
ėHe called pretty much every day . . . He was 3,000 miles away, but it seemed
like he was just next door.î
A fastidious housekeeper who was known to have his car professionally detailed
every week, Jeremy Stabile was a man appreciated for such quirks as much as for
being a successful professional.
ėIf someone didnít have enough cleaning supplies, heíd go out and buy them,î
said Yasmine Kfoury, a cousin who lives in Manhattan. ėThat was Jeremy.î
Her brother, Justin Kfoury, said his cousinís giant circle of friends was
testimony to his likability.
ėIíve never met anyone who had so many different loops of friends,î he said.
ėHe must have had 20 different groups.î
Liz Walker, a Boston resident who had been friends with Stabile since they were
in seventh grade at Applewild School in Fitchburg, Mass., recalled a
mischievous, extremely talented friend who loved writing.
ėHis passion was writing. He wrote screenplays, just about anything. He loved
it more than his day job,î she said.
Longtime friend Sarah Prunier, a Nashua native and New York resident, agreed.
ėHe was such a great writer,î she said. ėEven just a simple e-mail from him was
a work that could be published.î
Prunier referred to Stabileís knack of embellishing everyday e-mails with
fiction, creating a series of ramblings that soon turned into chapters.
ėThey were hysterical,î she said. ėEach one would leave me hanging until the
next. Thatís how funny he was.î
ėHe called what he wrote ëgym crush,í î said Yasmine Kfoury. ėJeremy never
missed a day at the gym, hence the name.î
She said she got so much humorous mail from Stabile that she sometimes had to
block his address, only to have him create another address and resume his
barrage.
ėHe was so clever,î she said. ėSo witty.î
The group agreed that for a young man who dined with Oprah Winfrey to discuss
business, was a frequent dinner guest at the home of TV producer Aaron Spelling
and a close friend of his daughter, Tori, Stabile never became a star-gazer,
even though he had been a religious fan of the show ėBeverly Hills 90210,î
which starred Tori Spelling.
ėHe didnít flaunt it . . . He wasnít star-struck at all,î Walker said. ėThatís
probably why she (Spelling) was so comfortable being best friends with him.î
When Stabile wasnít pulling someoneís leg with his e-mails, he was busy
organizing extended family get-togethers, even to the point of setting an
agenda for a planned event, his family said, calling it a passion borne out of
love for seeing his family.
The last time the Stabiles saw Jeremy was at Christmas, Ginny Stabile said, a
family time he wouldnít have missed for anything. A lover of animals,
especially his Labrador retriever Lucy, Stabile even paid to have the dog flown
to Nashua to be able to join the familyís other dogs.
ėHe even wanted the dogs to be together,î she said. ėI told him they donít know
itís Christmas, but he said: ëThat doesnít matter ņ I do.í î
Dean Shalhoup can be reached at 594-6523.
Maggie
"Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result."--Winston
Churchill
debbie
I don't know how you found this but I found it very interesting.
(I am most sad for his laborador retriever who was left behind!)
Again - I appreciate you taking time to read/reply to my post.
Be well!
Debbie
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