In Memoriam: T.S. Cook (1947–2013)

It was announced yesterday that veteran screenwriter T.S. Cook died on January 5, 2013. Here is an excerpt from a THR article on Cook:

T.S. Cook, who earned an Academy Award nomination for co-writing the 1979 nuclear power suspense thriller The China Syndrome, died Jan. 5 at his home in Hollywood after a battle with cancer. He was 65.

Cook also received Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for co-writing the 1996 HBO telefilm The Tuskegee Airmen, starring Lawrence Fishburne, Allen Payne and Malcolm Jamal-Warner.

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Cook shared his Oscar nom with Mike Gray and James Bridges for his original screenplay work on The China Syndrome, which starred Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas and Jane Fonda and earned four Academy Award mentions in all. The trio also collected noms from the Globes and BAFTA and won a WGA trophy.

A WGA West member since 1975, the Cleveland native served on the WGAW’s board of directors from 1995–97 and was a strike captain during the guild’s 1988 strike. He was a member of many WGAW committees through the years and a Pension & Health trustee from 2006 until his death.

Here is a tribute to the movie The China Syndrome:

The family has asked donations be sent to the Writers Guild Foundation.

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Feb. 9 at the Hollywood United Methodist Church.

For more of the THR article, go here.

Go here for Cook’s IMDB site.

Godspeed, T.S. Cook.