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Former Universal/MCA TV Executive Edward Masket Dies

The 88-year-old industry veteran, who helped develop such hits as "Miami Vice" and "The A-Team," died of complications from renal failure in California.

Edward Masket, a television executive at Universal and MCA who helped shepherd such hits as Miami Vice, Magnum, P.I. and Northern Exposure, died of complications from renal failure on March 4 in Sherman Oaks. He was 88.