Frank Spotniz's blog post regarding Kim Manner's passing
http://www.biglight.com/blog/2009/01/kim-manners-1950-2009.html

On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 7:53 AM, <thpets@...> wrote:
> http://www.buddytv.com/tvshow3/tvshowarticle.aspx?article=/articles/supernatur
> al/supernatural-xfiles-producer-k-25926.aspx
>
> BuddyTV has confirmed from a spokesperson from Supernatural that the show's
> director and executive producer Kim Manners passed away Sunday in Los
> Angeles
> due to complications from lung cancer.
>
> Supernatural creator Eric Kripke released a statement saying, "Everyone at
> Supernatural is walking around in a daze, shocked and absolutely devastated.
> Kim was a brilliant director; more than that, he was a mentor and friend. He
> was one of the patriarchs of the family, and we miss him desperately. He
> gave
> so much to Supernatural, and everything we do on the show, now and forever,
> is in memory of him."
>
> Many fans first learned the news from Supernatural star Jim Beaver's MySpace
> and Facebook pages early Monday morning. On his official MySpace page, it
> said "Jim is in mourning for one of the best friends and best directors he's
> ever known - Kim Manners, who died last night from lung cancer."
>
> When BuddyTV visited the set of Supernatural last summer, Jensen Ackles
> spoke about how well the cast and crew get along. Ackles mentioned Kim
> Manners,
> saying that he explain the feeling best when Manners said "We spend way too
> much time with each other not to enjoy each others' company."
>
> Manners got his start in television in the late 1970s as a production
> manager and director for Charlies' Angels. He worked steadily as a TV
> director
> through the '80s and '90s until joining The X-Files in 1995 as a producer.
> His
> work on that show helped earn him four Emmy nominations for Outstanding
> Drama
> Series.
>
> On Supernatural, Kim Manners has served as an executive producer since the
> beginning and has become one of the most influential figures behind the
> scenes
> of the show. He directed 17 episodes, including every season finale, the
> season premieres for the last three years, and his final episode was this
> season's "Metamorphosis."
>
> BuddyTV's deepest sympathies go out to the Manners family and everyone who
> works on Supernatural.
>
> -John Kubicek, BuddyTV Senior Writer
>
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Dennis