Baywatch o Bay Guardians -As she met her in Latin America- it was one of the series that did not go unnoticed by the public. Is that not only had the stellar presence of Pamela Andersonbut also with a plot that caught thousands of viewers during their eleven seasons. This Thursday, May 8, the production of Michael Berk, Douglas Schwartz and Gregory J. Bonann became news for The death of Paul Nichols, one of the stars behind the scene.
The publicist He died twelve days after the death of his wife Linda, with whom he was in a couple for 31 years. As reported by the media The Mirrorthe causes of your departure are still unknown.
Nichols, who worked at The Lippen group in 1991, the renowned public relations company in Los Angeles, He fought tirelessly for fiction to be reproduced in several countries of the worldbut above all in the United States, its place of origin, after it was canceled after its first season in NBC due to low audiences.
However, it was not only the intervention of Nichols that changed the story of Baywatchbut also that of its protagonist David Hasselhoffwho, seeing that the strip was a success in Germany, invested from its own pocket to buy the rights and take it back to the North American country. After a while, It became a great source of income: it generated 70 million dollars and a weekly audience of 1,100,000 in 142 countries.
Baywatch He focused on the team work of the lifeguards and their interpersonal relationships, with beach -related scenarios and other relevant activities to the Californian lifestyle (later Hawaiian). “Mitch Buchannon is a dedicated leader of a group of lifeguards on Malibu beach in Los Angeles, which protects hazard visitors”says the official synopsis.
In 2017, he adapted to the big screen and the production had renowned actors who reborn fanaticism for those historic lifeguards dressed in red. Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron, Alexandra Daddario, Priyanka Chopra, Ilfenesh Hadera y Kelly Rohrbach They were some of them. In addition, it was attended by Hasselhoff y Anderson.
The news of Nichols’ death occurred months after the death of Michael Newman, the iconic actor, lifeguard and firefighter, who was part of the series.
Paul was born in Delaware, United States, in 1948 and in 1970 He was received as a television journalist at the State University of Pennsylvania.
His first great work was in the interview program The Mike Douglas Showbased in Philadelphia. In 1980, He moved to California to work for John Davidson, Douglas’s successor in the interview program.
He also worked at Group W, All American Television and Sony Pictures Television.