The Magic School Bus books illustrator Bruce Degen has died, age 79.
https://people.com/magic-school-bus-books-illustrator-bruce-degen-dies-at-79-8743778
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/childrens-book-world-mourns-death-of-magic-school-bus-illustrator-bruce-degen/
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/10/obituaries/bruce-degen-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ZE4.OSWc.o34gbHsRUocn&smid=em-share
https://mediaroom.scholastic.com/press-release/bruce-degen-illustrator-magic-school-bus-dies-79
I love, love, love 1978 Death on the Nile, but ITA with this. The only fake flashback needed was Salome Otterbourne’s drunken attempt to locate the gun. Stayed in character
Yet another legend gone! R.I.P. Mr. Jones.
One of the delights in paying attention to credits - especially for older TV shows/films - is seeing now well-known names pop up. Quincy Jones is one of them. TCM interviews schooled me Jones wrote the score for In Cold Blood. And who knew (well obviously people did) that Jones wrote the theme for Ironside (sampled in the film Kill Bill)! Here's Jones in an interview with the Archive of American Television discussing it -
Thanks for the music, Quincy Jones. Your legacy will live forever.