'NCIS' executive producer Gary Glasberg dies in Los Angeles at 50

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‘NCIS’ executive producer Gary Glasberg dies in Los Angeles at 50

The executive producer of TV’s “NCIS” and creator of “NCIS: New Orleans” has died. CBS says in a statement that Gary Glasberg died in his sleep Wednesday. He was 50. Glasberg joined “NCIS” as a producer and writer in 2009 and became its showrunner in 2011. He launched the New Orleans version of the show in 2014.

[Glasberg] brought kindness, integrity and class to everything he did.

David Stapf, CBS Television Studios president

He had signed a new three-year overall deal with “NCIS” producers CBS Television Studios that would have kept him at the helm of both shows through 2019. Glasberg’s other television credits include “Shark,” “The Mentalist,” “Crossing Jordan” and “Bones.” He is survived by his wife, Mimi Schmir, and two sons.

Our hearts are collectively broken. … There are no words.

Pauley Perrette, cast member of “NCIS”