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The Chicago Med family has lost an important member. Colin Donnell, who played Dr. Connor Rhodes on the One Chicago show from Seasons 1 to 5, announced in an Instagram post in April that Chicago Med‘s former executive producer and director, Michael Waxman, has died.
“If you enjoy Chicago Med it’s because from Day One Michael Waxman pushed to make the show the best it could be and worked tirelessly to keep improving episode after episode, season after season. He loved his job,” Donnell captioned a series of photos of Waxman on the set of the NBC show. “And as much as he loved making movies and television, it was a distant second to being on his ranch in Texas surrounded by his family. Getting to spend four seasons alongside him and learning everything I could was a privilege I could have only hoped to repeat. Rest in Peace Boss.”
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In his caption, Donnell specified that the first photo in his Instagram was of Waxman’s last day on Chicago Med in Season 4, while the final picture was from the last day of filming Season 1. While Donnell didn’t specify how Waxman died, several of his One Chicago cast members also paid their respects to the producer in the comments of his post.
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“We were so privileged to have him in our lives. Rest in peace…” wrote S. Epatha Merkerson, who plays Chief Sharon Goodwin on Chicago Med. “Michael was truly the man. RIP to a real one,” commented Yuri Sardarov, who played Brian “Otis” Zvonecek on Chicago Fire from Seasons 1 to 8.
Along with Chicago Med, Waxman also worked as a producer on primetime shows like Nashville, Friday Night Lights and Trauma. He’s also worked as a producer on movies like Miami Vice, Transporter 2, Collateral, Ali and The Insider. In 2011, he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in the Outstanding Drama Series category for his work on Friday Night Lights. He was also nominated for a Director’s Guild Award in the Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series category for the Friday Night Lights episode “Always.”
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