Ron Koslow, Creator of TV’s ‘Beauty and the Beast,’ Dies at 81
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New details about Ron Koslow’s death and career have emerged: his family said the creator of television’s Beauty and the Beast died at home in Brentwood on 7 October, aged 81. The three-time Emmy nominee brought the fairy tale to a modern fantasy series that became his best-known work.
Koslow’s CBS series, starring Linda Hamilton and Ron Perlman, ran for three seasons from 1987 to 1990 and imagined a magical world beneath New York City. It later inspired a four-season CW reboot; Koslow also wrote films including Lifeguard, Firstborn and Into the Night, and created or co-created several other television dramas.
- Ron Koslow died at home in Brentwood aged 81.
- His Beauty and the Beast ran on CBS from 1987 to 1990.
- He earned three Emmy nominations and wrote for film and television.