Mary-Ellis Bunim dead

[rh71]

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Mary-Ellis Bunim, credited with creating numerous reality TV hits, including MTV's "The Real World," is dead.

Bunim, 57, died in Burbank, California, Thursday after a long battle with cancer, her publicist said.

 

[Nocturnal]

Wow, that sucks. RIP.

 

[bradruth]

Hopefully Reality TV will die with her. :disgust:

 

Wow, that's tough to believe.

 

[pulse8]

Wow....That does suck.

 

[Electric Amish]

One person is actually responsible for this crap? I'm surprised she wasn't killed by somebody already. If I had only known....

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: bradruth
Hopefully Reality TV will die with her. :disgust:

Pipe dream.

about her death, though, too young.

 

[digitalsm]

Originally posted by: Electric Amish
One person is actually responsible for this crap? I'm surprised she wasn't killed by somebody already. If I had only known....

No she has a partner in crime, John Murray, thats why the company was Bunim-Murray. The shows will continue, Real World and Road Rules, I believe have one more season remaining on their contract with MTV after the current ones(Real World San Deigo and Road Rules/Real World Inferno). Also note John Murray was much more involved in the actual filming/production of the shows.

 

[Dissipate]

MTV sucks. I hope it goes to the grave with her.

 

[Sephy]

Thats a shame. I love RW/RR

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: bradruth
Hopefully Reality TV will die with her. :disgust:

just what i thought

 

[cliftonite]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: bradruth
Hopefully Reality TV will die with her. :disgust:

just what i thought

me too

 

[aphex]

you guys are f-in horrible..... may she rest in peace...

 

[crypticlogin]

Damn, there are some cold, cold bastards in here.

 

[Tetsuo]

Who?

 

[rh71]

WTF is wrong with some of you ? Have some compassion for a cancer sufferer... or stfu. Talk about kicking someone when they're down.

I'm so sure you'd like insensitive comments being made when your mom or dad is dead. She probably had some 20-something year old kids.

 

[rh71]

More info:

Real World' Pioneer Bunim Dies
(Friday, January 30 03:47 PM)

LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - Mary-Ellis Bunim, whose MTV "Real World" franchise helped shape the landscape of contemporary reality television, died on Thursday (Jan. 29) at the age of 57. Bunim had been fighting cancer for many years.

In 1990, Bunim and Jonathan Murray teamed up to create "The Real World," a documentary-style MTV series following the lives of a group of young people living together in an urban house. While "The Real World" was, by no means the first television program to use the verite reality format, it helped established the visual style and structure that countless followers have stuck to.

"The Real World" began its 14th season, set in San Diego, this January.
Bunim-Murray continued to develop a reality brand name on shows like "Road Rules," "The Love Cruise" and "Making the Band" and successfully combined two of their franchises into the equally popular "The Real World Road Rules Challenge."

"Mary-Ellis was a one-in-a-million partner and friend, and I will always treasure our incredible years of collaboration," Murray tells CNN. "Even as the family at Bunim-Murray Productions mourns her loss, we will honor her memory by remaining committed to her ideals of creativity, adventure, and excellence, both on the screen and in our lives."

Earlier this year the pair made an unsuccessful attempt to expand the genre onto the big screen with the dud "The Real Cancun." On the small screen, though, it was a successful year for Bunim-Murray as the company launched the syndicated hit "Starting Over" and produced FOX's fall smash "The Simple Life."

Bunim is survived by her daughter, Juliana.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: tenchim
Damn, there are some cold, cold bastards in here.

A heck of a lot of people die everyday, are we expected to mourn them all? All we know of this woman is that she was partially responsible for popularizing one of the worst tv genres ever.

Edit: No one said they're glad she died, only that they hoped reality TV would die with her.

 

[nan0bug]

Originally posted by: bradruth
Hopefully Reality TV will die with her. :disgust:

 

[Sid59]

sad. i enjoy those crappy drama filled Reality shows

 

[ohtwell]

That stinks!


: ( Amanda

 

[Muadib]

Originally posted by: aphex
you guys are f-in horrible..... may she rest in peace...

 

[Amorphus]

Originally posted by: mugsywwiii

Originally posted by: tenchim
Damn, there are some cold, cold bastards in here.

A heck of a lot of people die everyday, are we expected to mourn them all? All we know of this woman is that she was partially responsible for popularizing one of the worst tv genres ever.

Edit: No one said they're glad she died, only that they hoped reality TV would die with her.

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: aphex
you guys are f-in horrible..... may she rest in peace...

IMO, her early demise was punishment from God for creating the Real World

 

[SludgeFactory]

I think that Mark Burnett (Survivor) is far more responsible for this garbage being all over network TV than any one else.