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Broadway producer Luigi Caiola; Hollywood producer Thomas Augsberger; novelist Tim Dorsey; education activist Roni Dean-Burren; journos Pablo "Yoruba" Guzmán, Rita Hollingsworth, Pat Warren; & more

In memory of those who “died suddenly” in the United States, November 27-December 4, 2023Broadway producer Luigi Caiola; Hollywood producer Thomas Augsberger; novelist Tim Dorsey; education activist Roni Dean-Burren; journos Pablo "Yoruba" Guzmán, Rita Hollingsworth, Pat Warren; & moreMark Crispin MillerDec 06, 202370495ShareUNITED STATESLuigi Caiola dies: Broadway producer who assisted in development of more than 50 shows was 64November 30, 2023Luigi Caiola, who co-founded the Broadway production and investment company Caiola Productions with his sister Rose and participated in the development of more than 50 shows, died November 26 at his home in Miami. He was 64. His death was announced by his family. A cause has not been determined. A managing member of B&L Management LLC, a New York City real estate development company founded by his father Benny Caiola in 1974, Luigi Caiola, along with sister Rose Caiola, launched Caiola Productions in 2011 out of their shared passion for the theater. The entity has been involved in dozens of Broadway shows, including Tony Award winners Dear Evan Hansen, The Color Purple, Once on This Island, Company, All the Way, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and the recent revival of Parade.News from Underground by Mark Crispin Miller is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.SubscribeLinkThomas Augsberger, Eden Rock Media Founder & ‘Mr. Brooks’ EP, Dies At 60November 29, 2023Deadline has learned that Thomas Augsberger, Eden Rock Media founder, producer and international media consultant died suddenly today at his Hollywood Hills home. He was 60 years old. 'The Hunger Games: Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes' Sings Past $100M At U.S. Box Office, $200M+ Worldwide. The German-born and trained attorney advised a number of high-profile media clients over the years, most prominently Germany’s Leonine Studios. Prior to Leonine, Augsberger served 23 years as an advisor to Dr. Herbert Kloiber‘s Tele Muenchen Group as TMG’s exclusive North American representative in the US. Augsberger was widely respected for his deep experience in the production and acquisition of feature films, television series, and content libraries; investments in US distributors and production companies; the co-financing, co-production, and distribution of film, television, and digital projects; and the negotiation of German output deals with studios for theatrical, home entertainment, and television.No cause of death reported.LinkNovelist Tim Dorsey, who mixed comedy and murder in his Serge A. Storms stories, dies at 62November 28, 2023Tim Dorsey, a former police and courts newspaper reporter who found lasting fame as the creator of the crime-comedy novel series starring Serge A. Storms, an energetic fan of Florida history and an ingenious serial killer, has died. He was 62. Dorsey, who published 26 novels, died Sunday, according to Danielle Bartlett, a publicity director at William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins. No details were revealed. Fans of Dorsey appreciated his clever observations and satirical pokes at the weirdness of Florida. He was part of a trio of former newspapermen from Florida — including Dave Barry and Carl Hiaasen — who found a rich vein of absurdist humor in the state. “It was a privilege and honor to work with Tim Dorsey. His easy wit and deep knowledge of Florida-lore made his satirical crime capers as entertaining as they were timely. But his greatest gift was the boundless joy and escape that Serge A. Storms brought to readers on every page," said Emily Krump, Dorsey's editor at William Morrow, in a statement. Dorsey's Storms was an obsessive-compulsive serial killer who together with his drugged-out sidekick, Coleman, devised fiendishly inventive ways to murder Florida grifters and thugs, who all, naturally, had it coming. Some of Dorsey's titles include “The Big Bamboo,” “Hurricane Punch,” “Nuclear Jellyfish,” “When Elves Attack,” “Pineapple Grenade,” “No Sunscreen for the Dead,” “Naked Came the Florida Man,” “The Tropic of Stupid,” “Mermaid Confidential” and “The Maltese Iguana.”No cause of death reported.LinkDr. Roni Dean-Burren, Texas mom who called out textbook for lying about slavery, dies at 46December 1, 2023Dr. Roni Dean-Burren, a Texas mother and education activist who made national headlines nearly a decade ago after calling out the publisher of her teenage son’s history textbook for whitewashing Black history by incorrectly referring to slaves as migrant “workers,” died on Friday. She was 46. No cause of death was immediately reported. Tributes to Dean-Burren have been steadily pouring in since news of her death began circulating on social media over the Thanksgiving weekend as the education community mourns a devastating champion of not just learning but Black youth learning. After working as a high school English teacher in suburban Houston for a little more than a decade, Dean-Burren left Pearland ...