Ted Mann Dead: ‘NYPD Blue’, ‘Deadwood,’ ‘Homeland’ Producer Was 72

Ted Mann, the writer and Emmy-winning producer who teamed with David Milch on NYPD Blue , Deadwood , John From Cincinnati and three other TV series, has died. He was 72.

Mann died Thursday at St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica after a battle with lung cancer, his daughter Lucy Bujold told The Hollywood Reporter .

Mann also was a producer and writer on the fifth, sixth and seventh seasons (2015-18) of Showtime’s Homeland .

The Vancouver native co-wrote the screenplays for the big-screen comedies O.C. and Stiggs (1985), directed by Robert Altman and based on stories Mann wrote for National Lampoon magazine, and Space Truckers (1996), directed by Stuart Gordon.

Ted Mann, the writer and Emmy-winning producer who teamed with David Milch on NYPD Blue , Deadwood