Duane Earl Poole, a writer and producer for Aaron Spelling, Hanna-Barbera and Sid & Marty Krofft whose credits include Hart To Hart, The Love Boat, The Smurfs and Electra Woman and Dyna Girl, died of cancer on April 1 in Studio City, California. He was 74.
Among his numerous Hallmark Channel and Lifetime movies were
The Edge of the Garden, The Memory Book, Christmas List, Royally Ever After, Next Stop Christmas, An Angel in the Family, A Timeless Christmas, A Very Vintage Christmas, Last Chance Llama Ranch, Honeymoon with Mom, For the Love of a Child, Deadly Encounter, Her Best Friend’s Husband,For the stage, Poole was the librettist for the musical adaptation of his film adaptation of Capote’s, with music and lyrics by Larry Grossman and Kellen Blair.
Poole was an Advisory Board member of Musical Theatre Guild and wrote many fund-raising events for the organization, including tributes to Stephen Sondheim, Stephen Schwartz, and Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt, among others. He was a member of the Writers Guild, and was represented by Summit Talent & Literary Agency.
In addition to Bonventre, his husband of 22 years, Poole is survived by father-in-law Anthony Bonventre, in-laws Virginia Bonventre Cappelli, Patricia Bonventre, David Cappelli Sr., and numerous nieces and nephews.
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