Editing Brandon Tartikoff (section)

==Death==
Tartikoff died on August 27, 1997, at age 48 from [[Hodgkin lymphoma]], a disease with which he had three separate bouts over 25 years. He was interred at [[Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery]] in [[Los Angeles]]. The ''Deep Space Nine'' sixth-season premiere, "[[A Time to Stand]]", began with a title card reading "In memory of Brandon Tartikoff." A similar card appeared at the end of the ninth-season premiere of ''[[Seinfeld]]'', "[[The Butter Shave]]". On August 29, 1997, ''[[Dateline NBC]]'' ran an extended tribute to Tartikoff that featured many famous figures whose careers he had influenced, including [[Warren Littlefield]], [[Dick Ebersol]], [[Bill Cosby]], [[Michael J. Fox]], [[Ted Danson]], and [[Jerry Seinfeld]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Richmond |first=Ray |date=August 29, 1997 |title=Tartikoff service private; NBC airing tribute tonight |url=https://variety.com/1997/scene/news/tartikoff-service-private-nbc-airing-tribute-tonight-1116678343/ |access-date=December 2, 2016 |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>

Tartikoff, through H. Beale Company, posthumously produced the TV pilots ''Blade Squad'' in 1998<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hontz|first=Jenny|date=1998-01-28|title=Fox sharpens 'Blade' pilot|url=https://variety.com/1998/tv/news/fox-sharpens-blade-pilot-1117467152/|access-date=2021-09-30|website=Variety}}</ref> and the TV show ''[[Beggars and Choosers (TV series)|Beggars and Choosers]]''; it aired from 1999 to 2001.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Richmond|first=Ray|date=1999-06-14|title=Beggars and Choosers|url=https://variety.com/1999/tv/reviews/beggars-and-choosers-1200458153/|access-date=2021-09-30|website=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref>