David Mills Dies, Writer for The Wire and Treme

Sad news: An HBO spokesman said today that David Mills, a co-writer and co-executive producer of the network's upcoming series Treme, died last night in New Orleans of a brain aneurysm. Mills had a TV writing resume that's one of the strongest ever assembled, with work on The Wire, The Corner, ER, NYPD Blue, and Homicide: Life on the Street. [HuffPo]