Eric Overmyer, a veteran TV writer-producer and playwright known for his work on Homicide: Life on the Street, Law & Order, The Wire, Treme, Bosch and Bosch: Legacy, died March 16 after an illness. He was 74.
A theater major, Overmyer began his career as a writer on St. Elsewhere. After a string of short-term gigs on various TV series, he joined Homicide: Life on the Street in 1996 for NBC crime drama’s fourth season.
Overmyer spent four years on the series, through its seventh and final season, and also co-wrote and executive produced the follow-up Homicide: The Movie. During his time on the show, Overmyer got to work with Homicide writer-producer David Simon, on whose book the series was based.
The two became friends, and Simon subsequently brought Overmyer in as a writer on Season 4 of his acclaimed HBO drama The Wire, which aired in
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