Eric Overmyer, Prolific TV Writer Behind The Wire and Treme, Dies at 74

Eric Overmyer, a playwright-turned-TV writer who helped shape St. Elsewhere, Homicide: Life on the Street, The Wire, Treme and Bosch, died March 16 in Mount Vernon, N.Y., at 74 from complications of Parkinson's disease. A Reed College alumnus who collaborated closely with David Simon and Michael Connelly, he earned two Emmy nominations and a Peabody Award for Treme and later helped develop Bosch and its spinoff.