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Michael Reaves

Michael Reaves

American writer (1950–2023)

This article is about the American writer. For people with similar names, see Michael Reeves.

James Michael Reaves (September 14, 1950 – March 20, 2023) was an American writer, known for his contributions as a script writer and story editor to a number of 1980s and 1990s animated television series, including Gargoyles and Batman: The Animated Series. He has also written media tie-in novels, children's books, and original fiction. His work was often done collaboratively, notably with his then-wife Brynne Stephens (for numerous TV episodes in the 1980s and 1990s), and with Steve Perry, Neil Gaiman, Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, and his daughter Mallory Reaves for various novels. Reaves won a 1993 Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in an Animated Program for his work on Batman: The Animated Series.[1]

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Reaves had Parkinson's disease, and for a time maintained a blog concerning his experiences dealing with the disease and its effects, which included difficulty typing and loss of coherent speech.[2][3] Reaves died in Los Angeles on March 20, 2023, at the age of 72.[4]

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  1. [1]
    "Lucci Loses Emmy for 14th Time : Television: She's beat out of best actress honors by 'Another World's' Linda Dano. CBS' 'Young and Restless' wins the best drama series award". Los Angeles Times. 28 May 1993. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
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    http://michaelreaveswriter.blogspot.com/ [user-generated source]
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    "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-04-13. Retrieved 2014-04-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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    "Michael Reaves, TV, Prose and Comics Writer, Dead at 72". Multiversity Comics. 2023-03-22. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
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