Writer and television producer Glen A. Larson has died at the age of 77.

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Larson passed away at the UCLA Medical Center after battling oesophageal cancer on Friday (14th November), according to reports in THR. Larson's son, James, confirmed the news of his father's death. 

Larson was born in California in 1937 and started his lifelong Hollywood career in the 1950s, as a member of the band The Four Preps. He made the move to television producing in the early 1960s, working on such series as The Fugitive, but his most famous and influential project began in 1978. 

In 1978 Larson penned and produced the pilot for Battlestar Galactica. The series only ran for one season which consisted of 24 episodes but made a lasting impressive. The series spawned a number of sequels including Galactica 1980 and the popular Sci Fi Channel 2004 remake. Although Larson was not directly involved in the project he was credited as a consulting producer. 

In the 1980s, Larson was one of the creators of Magnum P.I., the hit series which ran from 1980-1988. He also worked on Knight Rider, starring David Hasselhoff, which ran from 1982-1986. 

One of the stars of the 2004 Battlestar Galactica, Aaron Douglas, mourned the loss of Larson via Twitter. Douglas wrote: "RIP Glen A. Larson. Thank you for letting me play in your sandbox." Other Twitter users have mourned Larson's loss claiming he was responsible for many of the programmes which caught their imagination as children. 

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