caption death_date death_place birth_place image_size name birth_date image article_title birth_name partner occupation death_cause
nathan-turner , september 1986 at the doctor who `` whovent '' convention 1 may 2002 brighton , east sussex , england birmingham , england 250px john nathan-turner 12 august 1947 jnt86a.jpg john nathan-turner
 john turner gary 2002 -rrb- downie -lrb- 1972 -- nathan-turner 's death in television producer liver failure
john nathan-turner

john nathan-turner -lrb- born john turner , 12 august 1947 -- 1 may 2002 -rrb- was the ninth producer of the long-running bbc science fiction series `` doctor who '' , from 1980 until it was effectively cancelled in 1989 .
he is to date the longest-serving `` doctor who '' producer .
