Directors. 1  Jon Barwise 1983â1985. 2  John Perry 1985â1986, 1993â1999. 3  Thomas Wasow 1986â1987, 2006â2007. 4  John Etchemendy 1990â1993. 5  David Israel c. 1999-2000. 6  Byron Reeves c. 2001â2005. 7  Stanley Peters 2008â2013. 8  Chris Potts 2013âpresent.
On December Jack Cassidy died in a fire at his West Hollywood apartment. He was 49 years old. Cassidy had fallen asleep while smoking and the cigarette had set fire to the couch. The fire then spread throughout the apartment.
/ Region. Report Says Author Died of Complications From Anesthesia. Olivia Goldsmith, the author of the satirical novel that became the successful Hollywood movie ''The First Wives Club,'' died of cardiac arrest while under sedation for cosmetic surgery, the office of the chief medical examiner said late yesterday.