--- description: Larson suffered from esophageal cancer title: 'Battlestar Galactica,' 'Knight Rider' Creator Glen A. Larson Dies at 77 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte744877cc48fddcb/698768efcd6848e80b098020/113174449.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Battlestar Galactica_, _Knight Rider_ Creator Glen A. Larson Dies at 77 by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 15, 2014 5:33 PM CUT  Glen A. Larson Glen A. LarsonAlbert L. Ortega—WireImage/Getty Images by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 15, 2014 5:33 PM CUT Glen A. Larson, the television writer-producer behind TV hits _Quincy M.E._, _Magnum, P.I._, _Battlestar Galactica_, and _Knight Rider_, [has died at age 77](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/glen-a-larson-dead-battlestar-748879 "undefined"). A singer in the 1950s straightedge pop group The Four Preps, Larson went on to produce a series of sci-fi influenced dramas following the early success of his _The Six Million Dollar Man_. His influence was most recently seen after his 1970s _Battlestar Galactica,_ which starred Lorne Greene and Richard Hatch as leaders of a homeless fleet wandering through space, was re-imagined and rebooted as a series in 2004\. That particular iteration of _Galactica_ made[ TIME’s 100 top television shows of all-time](http://time.com/3100889/battlestar-galactica/ "undefined"). Larson died of esophageal cancer, his son James told the _Hollywood_ _Reporter_. Read more [at the Hollywood Reporter](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/glen-a-larson-dead-battlestar-748879 "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3587230/battlestar-galactica-knight-rider-glen-larson-obit/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3587230/battlestar-galactica-knight-rider-glen-larson-obit/"},"headline":"Battlestar Galactica, Knight Rider Creator Glen A. Larson Dies at 77","datePublished":"2014-11-15T17:33:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:27:51.427Z","description":"Larson suffered from esophageal cancer","url":"https://time.com/3587230/battlestar-galactica-knight-rider-glen-larson-obit/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte744877cc48fddcb/698768efcd6848e80b098020/113174449.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Frizell","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte744877cc48fddcb/698768efcd6848e80b098020/113174449.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Glen A. Larson","caption":"Glen A. Larson","creditText":"Albert L. Ortega—WireImage/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3587230/battlestar-galactica-knight-rider-glen-larson-obit/","name":"Battlestar Galactica, Knight Rider Creator Glen A. Larson Dies at 77"}}]}] ```