Writer and producer Manny Coto, born in Cuba and winner of an Emmy for his work on 24, has died. He was 62 years old. He later wrote and produced four seasons of American Horror Story and two more of American Horror Stories.
A family representative confirmed that Coto died Sunday at his Pasadena home after a 13-month battle with pancreatic cancer.
Who was Manny Coto?
Coto also contributed to the last three seasons of Dexter on Showtime (2010-13), as well as the last two seasons of Star Trek: Enterprise on UPN (2003-05). He was hailed as an unsung hero for taking over as showrunner on season four and producing a series of episodes that brought back cherished classic elements of the franchise.
Producing the fifth season of the Fox thriller 24, starring Kiefer Sutherland, Coto shared the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series in 2006, his first with the Fox drama. After staying with the show for its eighth and final season, he developed and produced the prequels 24: Live Another Day and 24: Legacy, which debuted in 2014 and 2016-17, respectively.
Manuel Héctor Coto was born in Havana on June 10, 1961. His mother, Norma, was a teacher, and his father, Manuel, was a doctor.
The Cotos decided their children would not grow up in a totalitarian society when Fidel Castro’s administration revised textbooks to reflect pro-Castro ideology. His father was forced to stay behind, so in February 1962, he and his mother immigrated to the United States.
Using his father’s Super 8 camera, he created the horror film Flesh about a ghostly hand that haunted his younger brothers Jorge, Juan Carlos, and Normi.
His wife, visual effects supervisor Robin Trickett, whom he met aboard Odyssey 5, his sons Manny, Riley, and twins Charlotte and Finley, his mother Norma, as well as eight nieces and nephews, are among his surviving family as well. his sister and brother Juan Carlos.
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