'Hero' Author Perry Moore Found Dead
Sad news today.
Author and Producer Perry Moore, executive producer of The Chronicles of Narnia movie series but better known to us as the writer of the novel Hero, a story about a young gay superhero coming of age, has passed away.
Perry, 39, was apparently found unconscious by his partner yesterday morning and pronounced dead shortly thereafter. There is no official cause of death but it is described as a possible OxyContin overdose.
At one point Perry was working with comics legend Stan Lee to bring Hero to the channel Showtime, but they passed on the project.
'Narnia' executive producer Perry Moore found dead in SoHo home after apparent overdose [NYDN]
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Posted to Comics, Movies on 18 February 2011
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So sad.
This is such sad news! His book "Hero" was a wonderful merging of comic book lore and gay coming-of-age, and even to this middle-aged gay man it spoke volumes. I sent him an email telling him how much I had enjoyed the novel and he replied (!!!) with the sweetest message imaginable, full of genuine gratitude that I had taken the trouble to contact him; and I was the the one who was grateful! He has left us a wonderful book, which should have been followed by so many more.
My deepest condolence to his partner.