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| | [Deathwatch] Debra Hill, 'Halloween' co-writer & producer, 54 |
 | | 'Halloween' writer-producer dead at 54 Debra Hill was pioneering woman producer Monday, March 7, 2005 Posted: 1:37 PM EST (1837 GMT) http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/07/obit.debra.hill.ap/index.h tml LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Debra Hill, who co-wrote the horror classic "Halloween" and was one of Hollywood's pioneering woman producers, died Monday, according to a family friend. |
 | | Hill's big break came in horror films when she and director John Carpenter co-wrote the genre's modern classic, "Halloween." The 1979 film, also directed by Carpenter and produced by Hill, starred a 20-year-old Jamie Lee Curtis as the baby sitter terrorized by a murderous psychopath. |
 | | Hill, Carpenter and Curtis returned for "Halloween II," and Hill and Carpenter were involved in the writing of several later sequels, including "Halloween: Resurrection," "Halloween 5" and "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers." A "Halloween 9," also written by Hill and Carpenter, is reported by the Internet Movie Database to be in production. |
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