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- Philip DeGuere Jr. was born on July 19, 1944 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Simon & Simon (1981), Black Sheep Squadron (1976) and The Twilight Zone (1985). He was married to Alison. He died on January 24, 2005 in San Francisco, California, USA.
- SpouseAlison(? - January 24, 2005) (his death, 3 children)
- Longtime associate of Grateful Dead.
- He had three daughters with his wife, Alison: Adrienne DeGuere, Dulcinee and Milena.
- Philip DeGuere was being originally considered as the Show Runner for the paranormal action series, "PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal" and is one of the only executives in the entertainment industry to have ever visited O.S.I.R. operational headquarters, the scientific think-tank the series is inspired by.
- He died of cancer in his San Francisco home.
- DeGuere and fantasy writer, George R.R. Martin, shared the same agent, who provided a copy of Martin's 4th novel, The Armageddon Rag, a rock 'n roll dark fantasy, to DeGuere because he was a Grateful Dead fan. DeGuere planned to write and direct an adaptation of the novel but the novel failed in sales. DeGuere and Martin stayed friends and DeGuere recruited Martin for his first Hollywood position as a writer in the reboot of The Twilight Zone (1985).
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