Zack Estrin (1970/1971 – September 23, 2022) was an American television producer and screenwriter. Estrin began his career as a writer and producer on '' Charmed'', ''

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'', and ''

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'', before serving as a co-executive producer of ''

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''. He was set to write the script of an ultimately unproduced spin-off, '' Prison Break: Cherry Hill'', along with ''Prison Break'' executive producer

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, both of whom conceived the idea for the spin-off with fellow executive producer, Dawn Parouse. He was also a producer on the film '' Stranger than Fiction''. In 2018, he served as showrunner on the

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show ''Lost in Space''.

Personal life and death

Estrin was born in

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, and raised in

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, New York. His father, Jonathan, was also a screenwriter. Estrin attended the

University of Southern California , mottoeng = "Let whoever earns the palm bear it" , religious_affiliation = Nonsectarian—historically Methodist , established = , accreditation = WSCUC , type = Private research university , academic_affiliations = , endowment = $8. ...

. He and his wife, Kari, had two daughters. On September 23, 2022, Estrin died while jogging in

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, after apparently going into

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. He was 51, and was not known to be ill.

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* 1970s births 2022 deaths 20th-century American screenwriters 21st-century American screenwriters American male television writers American film producers American television producers American television writers People from Woodland, California Screenwriters from California Screenwriters from New York (state) Showrunners University of Southern California alumni Writers from Brooklyn Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-tv-producer-stub