Eunetta T. Boone ( – March 20, 2019) was an American television writer and producer. She was the creator and writer of several television series and, at the time of her death, she was serving as the executive producer and showrunner for the third season of the Disney Channel series ''

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''.

Life and career

Boone was born in Washington, D.C. Her parents ensured that she and her sister were raised "culturally enriched". Boone graduated with a degree in journalism from the

University of Maryland The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the University System of M ...

and a Master of Science in journalism from

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. She was a

sports reporter Sports journalism is a form of writing that reports on matters pertaining to sporting topics and competitions. Sports journalism started in the early 1800s when it was targeted to the social elite and transitioned into an integral part of the n ...

for the evening edition of ''

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'', the first African American woman to hold the position at the newspaper. In 1990, Boone made the career change from sportswriting when she took a screenwriting workshop offered by the Maryland Film Commission. She then later took part in a

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writing workshop and jobs as a staff writer on several series, such as ''

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'', '' Roc'', and ''

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''. She became an executive producer and concurrently served on two hit shows for

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and

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, ''

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'' and ''

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''. This led to Boone creating her own comedy series, '' One on One'' and its spinoff, '' Cuts''.

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canceled ''One on One'' and ''Cuts'' in 2006. Boone also wrote a feature film script titled ''Who Is Doris Payne?'' As of 2018, the biographical film about jewel thief Doris Payne remained in development for over a decade. In 2011, an autobiography of jockey

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co-written by Boone and William H. Boulware was published by

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. From 2007 to 2013, Boone was a screenwriting instructor with an emphasis in comedy writing in the

UCLA Extension Writers' Program UCLA Extension Writers' Program is a unit within UCLA Extension, the not-for-profit and self-supporting community outreach arm of the University of California, Los Angeles. Located in the Westwood Village area of Los Angeles, the UCLA Extension W ...

. She went on to become an advisor to

Raven-Symoné Raven-Symoné Christina Pearman-Maday () (née Pearman; born December 10, 1985), also known mononymously as Raven, is an American actress, singer, and songwriter. She has received several accolades, including five NAACP Image Awards, two Kids' ...

for the series ''Raven's Home'' and was to be its executive producer and showrunner for its upcoming third season. The production was temporarily shut down following Boone's death.

Death

Boone died of an apparent heart attack in her Los Angeles home on March 20, 2019. She was 63.

Filmography

References

External links

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