Lou Shaw

Lou Shaw (c. 1925 – February 11, 2015) was an American producer and screenwriter. He was known for co-creating the medical dramaQuincy, M.E. with Glen A. Larson.^[2][3]

Shaw worked as a writer and producer on multiple television programs from the late 1950s into the mid-1980s. He won an Edgar Award, shared with Tony Lawrence, for the Quincy, M.E. episode "The Thighbone Is Connected To The Knee Bone".^[4] Shaw wrote the play Worse Than Murder about the trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.^[5] He had a daughter affected with Down syndrome, wrote a novel featuring a man with Down syndrome titled Honor Thy Son in 1994, and often included people with disabilities in storylines and casting.^[6][7] Shaw was married to Peggy O'Shea, a screenwriter for soap operas, with whom he had a son,^[8] Chris, born circa 1953.^[9]

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