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Loxton was born in

Kingston, Ontario Kingston is a city in Ontario, Canada. It is located on the north-eastern end of Lake Ontario, at the beginning of the St. Lawrence River and at the mouth of the Cataraqui River (south end of the Rideau Canal). The city is midway between Toro ...

, Canada, the son of

Bill Loxton Wilfrid William Loxton (20 January 1909 – 2 November 1992), known as Bill Loxton, was a British RAF, Royal Air Force Pilot Officer, pilot during the Battle of Britain. Loxton was born in Gretton, Gloucestershire, the son of Ernest Robert Loxt ...

and Binkie Loxton (née Pattullo). He grew up in England, where his father was a wing commander in the RAF. Upon moving to the US in 1966, he joined the production staff of WNET, the major New York public-television affiliate. In 1972, he founded TV Lab, a program for artists to create video works through an artist-in-residence program. In addition to serving as the director of the TV Lab from 1972 through 1984, Loxton developed the Nonfiction TV series, which produced works such as ''Paul Jacobs and the Nuclear Gang,'' ''I Remember Harlem'' and '' The Times of Harvey Milk.'' Loxton was the executive producer of Nonfiction TV from 1978 through 1983. Loxton was the executive producer of programs for the '' Great Performances,'' ''

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'' and '' American Playhouse'' series. During his career he received various awards, for ''The Times of Harvey Milk'' (1985), Emmy Awards – ''

The Police Tapes ''The Police Tapes'' is a 1977 documentary about a New York City police precinct in the South Bronx. The original ran ninety minutes and was produced for public television; a one-hour version later aired on ABC. Production Filmmakers Alan an ...

'' (1977), ''Paul Jacobs and the Nuclear Gang'' (1979), ''Third Avenue: Only the Strong Survive'' (1980) Du Pont/Columbia Awards - ''

Lord of the Universe ''Lord of the Universe'' is a 1974 American documentary film about Prem Rawat (at the time known as Guru Maharaj Ji) at an event in November 1973 at the Houston Astrodome called "Millennium '73". ''Lord of the Universe'' was first broadcast on ...

'' (1974), ''

'' (1977), ''I Remember Harlem'' (1982), ''Pesticide and Pills'' (1982) In 1985, he won an ACE award, cable television's equivalent of an Emmy, for best original drama, for ''

Countdown to Looking Glass ''Countdown to Looking Glass'' is a Canadian made-for-television movie that premiered in the United States on HBO on October 14, 1984 and was also broadcast on CTV in Canada. The movie presents a fictional confrontation between the United States ...

,'' about a United States-Soviet confrontation in the Middle East. He was co-executive producer, with Frederick Barzyk, of ''The Lathe of Heaven'' which is a 1979 film (released in 1980) based on the 1971

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novel ''

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'' by

Ursula K. Le Guin Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (; October 21, 1929 – January 22, 2018) was an American author best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe, and the '' Earthsea'' fantasy series. She was ...

.. In addition, he was director of drama for the ''Great Performances'' series and senior executive producer for specials, both at WNET. He was executive producer of ''Tales From the Hollywood Hills,'' a critically acclaimed series shown under the auspices of ''Great Performances.'' When he became ill, he had just begun production of ''Childhood,'' a six-part documentary for the Public Broadcasting Service. He married Pamela Anne Marx on May 11, 1968, at the Presbyterian Church in Shrewsbury,

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; they had 2 sons. He died of pancreatic cancer at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan in 1989. His obituary was published in ''

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