Netflix’s Lost In Space showrunner Zack Estrin dies aged 51

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Zack Estrin has died on the age of 51 (Image: FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP through Getty Photos)

Zack Estrin, showrunner on Netflix’s Misplaced In Area and co-executive producer on Jail Break, has died on the age of 51.

Estrin died in Hermosa Seaside, California. His explanation for demise is at present unknown, pending post-mortem.

The author-producer’s household mentioned in an announcement (through Selection): ‘Zack Estrin was our the whole lot.

‘The very best husband, father, son and buddy. He cherished to make everybody joyful. He cherished to make everybody chortle. He cherished being a author/producer and being part of creating these exhibits that folks loved.

‘However above all, he cherished his household and mates. Thanks all for being part of his life and ours.’

Estrin started his profession as a producer engaged on exhibits together with Stranger Than Fiction and O, in addition to Dawson’s Creek and Charmed.

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Estrin was additionally co-executive producer on Jail Break (Image: Todd Wawrychuk/Disney Basic Leisure Content material through Getty Photos)

He went on to function executive-producer on the award-winning drama Jail Break, which ran from 2005 to 2009 and starred Dominic Purcell with Wentworth Miller.

Estrin additionally served as showrunner on Netflix’s revival of the sci-fi Misplaced In Area, which aired from 2018 to 2021.

Tributes have are available in for the late star, with The Boys author Eric Kripke describing his demise as a ‘gutting loss’.

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Estrin talking on the Misplaced In Area premiere in 2018 (Image: Rachel Murray/Getty Photos for Netflix)

‘F**ok. I went to USC with Zack Estrin. Went to events with him & @CLennertz,’ he tweeted. ‘All of us got here up by way of the enterprise collectively. He was type, supportive, humorous, sensible. Gutting loss. He was too younger. Sending like to his household. Hug your family members.’

Sabrina The Teenage Witch creator Nell Scovell added: ‘Zack Estrin and I overlapped briefly at “Charmed.” He & then-writing companion Chris Levinson wrote the most effective scripts for that present. When he’d cease by, his smile lit up a dark writers room. When he’d go away, you needed to shout, “Keep! Don’t go!” Identical to we’re all shouting now.’

Author Jane Espenson added: ‘I used to be fortunate to work with Zack Estrin twice, on Tru Calling and on As soon as/Wonderland. He was humorous, type, and irrepressible in one of the simplest ways. Very unhappy about this loss.’

WME President Ari Greenburg mentioned: ‘Zack was our consumer for almost 25 years. He had a tremendously profitable profession and mentored so many writers. We're so pleased with all his accomplishments and really feel blessed to have known as him a buddy.’

He's survived by relations together with his spouse Kari Estrin, daughters Charlotte Estrin and Chloe Estrin.

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