VETERAN producer and music manager Stan Rogow, known for his part in the creation of the Lizzie McGuire series featuring Hilary Duff, has died at 75.
A cause of death has not yet been revealed, but Rogow was reportedly staying at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles.
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The famed writer and producer died on Thursday, which was later confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter by family spokesperson Scott Fisher on Saturday morning.
Rogow is survived by his son, Jackson; grandson, Vega; and sister, Marian.
The 75-year-old was hailed for his work on Lizzie McGuire and other notable series like NBC’s Fame and the 1986 film Clan of the Cave Bear.
He produced both seasons one and two of Lizzie McGuire, which he received Emmy nominations for in the category of Outstanding Children’s Program in 2003 and 2004.
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The Lizzie McGuire Movie was also produced by Rogow.
It earned $56 million worldwide at the box office.
In an interview with Luke Ford for his 2004 book, The Producers, Rogow also revealed that he was behind the unique animated voiceover transitions in Lizzie McGuire.
“Originally, the show [featured a voice-over where Lizzie would] talk her inner thoughts,” Rogow said at the time.
“The network asked for a higher concept. I said we could visualize the voice-over with pop-up videos where the words come up, or we could do an animated character.”
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“They said let’s do the animated character,” he added.
In the book, Rogow detailed how his entertainment career nearly began at the age of five while growing up in Brooklyn.
The producer claimed Paramount Pictures wanted him to sign a contract due to his singing and dancing skills as a young boy.
“But I would have had to move to L.A., and my parents weren’t interested,” he said of the opportunity.
“The president of Paramount at the time told me, ‘Son, if show business is in your blood, don’t worry about it. It will always be there.’”
Years later, Rogow attended Boston University School of Law and reactivated the entertainment bug after serving as an executive in charge of production on the 1980 CBS telefilm Playing for Time, which earned an Emmy.
Soon after, he finally made his way to Los Angeles and became part of Fame before creating several series in the early 1990s.
They included Middle Ages, State of Grace, Woke Up Dead, and Afterworld.
Rogow’s last executive producer credit came from 2012’s Gulliver Quinn TV movie.
His son, Jackson, would also star in the 2009 Cartoon Network series Dude, What Would Happen.
The reality series ran until 2011.
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