David Jacobs.Photo:Courtesy Everett Collection
Courtesy Everett Collection
David Jacobs, creator ofDallasandKnots Landing, has died at the age of 84.
Jacobs died from complications from a series of infections on Sunday at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California, his son Aaron confirmed toThe Hollywood Reporteron Tuesday. The outlet also reported that the writer and producer had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.
Jacobs — who was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1936 — was best known for creating the popular soap dramaDallas,which originally ran for 12 seasons from 1978 to 1991. A reboot ofDallaslater arrived in 2012, airing until 2014.
The show was born, perThe Hollywood Reporter,after Jacobs worked on a movie treatment about four couples living in California and pitched it to CBS with development executive Michael Filerman at Lorimar Productions.
Jacobs originally wrote the first five episodes of Dallas, accordingto the BBC,before he had visited the Texan city. In 2021, the writer and producer spoke about his ambition in the early days of his career. “I had this kind of arrogance I could write my way out of anything,” Jacobs toldDaily Beastin the 2021 interview.
‘Dallas’ creator David Jacobs has died at the age of 84.Layne Murdoch/WireImage
Layne Murdoch/WireImage
Dallasbecame so successful that it spawned spinoff seriesKnots Landing, which debuted a year later. The latter series ran for 14 seasons and ended in 1993.
Jacobs wrote several successful shows in his career.Chris Polk/FilmMagic
Chris Polk/FilmMagic
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