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Sagan and Fontana remarried on July 10, 2015, and remained together until her death on August 7, 2016. Fontana has a tattoo of the Oz logo on his upper right arm, which he is shown receiving in the opening credits of the series. Fontana does not own or use a computer, and writes all of his scripts longhand on a yellow legal pad.
Homicide: Life on the Street executive producer Tom Fontana and Law & Order creator Dick Wolf became close friends in the 1980s while working as writers in the same building, at the same time, on the series St. Elsewhere (Fontana) and Hill Street Blues (Wolf).
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Mini Bio. Tom Fontana was born on September 12, 1951 in Buffalo, New York, USA. He is an Emmy Award winning writer and producer, known for Copper (2012), Borgia (2011), Oz (1997), Homicide: Life on the Street (1993) and St. Elsewhere (1982). He was twice married to Sagan Lewis, before her death in 2016.
- September 12, 1951
Sagan Lewis, a co-star on NBC medical drama St. Elsewhere and wife of Emmy-winning TV creator Tom Fontana, died of cancer Sunday at her home in New York City, according to UTA. She was 63. The Omaha, Nebraska native began her acting career in the late 1970s.
28 Sep 23. Buffalo’s one-and-only Tom Fontana (Emmy Award winning writer/producer, and Buffalo State alumnus) will be participating in a community talk at Buff State on Thursday, 9/28. Fontana will be joined by TV network casting executive, Rosalie Joseph. The community talk will be moderated by Buffalo State associate professor of Television ...
While Tom Fontana was playwright-in-residence at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, Jake and Gwyneth Paltrow saw his play 'The Spectre Bridegroom' and insisted their father, producer Bruce Paltrow ...
Jan 30, 2001 · January 30, 200112:00 AM ET. Heard on Fresh Air. Audio will be available later today. Tom Fontana of HBO's, Oz, the realistic drama about life in an experimental unit of a maximum security...