Read the bio below and try to give details on rift fournier 's: - death place - caption - death date - birth date - name - image size - image - birth place - occupation Bio: rift fournier -lrb- 1936 -- october 6 , 2013 -rrb- was an american writer , screenwriter and television producer . fournier , who lost the ability to walk at 17 years old due to polio , had a long and diverse career in television . he wrote episodes of numerous television series , including '' baretta '' , '' charlie 's angels '' , '' highway to heaven '' , '' hell town '' , '' kojak '' , '' matlock '' , and '' nypd blue '' . fournier was born in 1936 in wichita , kansas , and raised in both chicago and omaha , nebraska . his parents decided to call him '' rift '' after a dispute over what they would name their son . fournier was acting and screenwriting at the omaha community playhouse by the time he was 13 years old . he attended a jesuit school , where he excelled as an athlete . fournier contracted polio during his junior year in high school . on a sunday morning in 1953 , fournier collapsed while getting out of bed to answer the telephone . he never regained his ability to walk and remained in a wheelchair for the rest of his life . rift fournier never let his disability dissuade him from pursuing his career . in 1986 interview with the los angeles times , he said , '' i did n't know was supposed to stop me from doing something ... you 've heard the joke . ' i never knew i was poor . ... ' well , i never knew i was handicapped . '' in 1963 , fournier began co-producing the mike douglas show , which was created in cleveland , ohio , for syndication . he died in st. louis , missouri , on october 6 , 2013 , at the age of 77 .
- death place is st. louis , missouri- caption is rift fournier , st. louis 2013- death date is 6 october 2013- birth date is 1936- name is rift fournier- image size is 220- image is riftfournier.jpg- birth place is wichita , kansas- occupation is screenwriter , producer