Ken Atchity, Producer on ‘Joe Somebody’ and ‘The Meg,’ Dies at 82

Ken Atchity, a writer, professor and film producer whose credits included *The Meg* and *Joe Somebody*, has died aged 82. His death marks the end of a career spanning books, teaching, literary representation and film and television production.

Atchity died on Monday from kidney failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, his producing partner Chi-Li Wong said. He produced both *The Meg* films, as well as *Hysteria* and *Life or Something Like It*, and oversaw 16 romantic telefilms for the *Shades of Love* series. The author of more than 20 books, he taught at Occidental College for over a decade before entering the entertainment industry in the 1980s.