Perry Moore, 'Narnia' series executive producer, dies at 39
Los Angeles Times staff and wire reports — Los Angeles Times
Perry Moore, 39, an executive producer of "The Chronicles of Narnia" film series and the author of an award-winning novel about a gay teenager with superpowers, died Thursday at a New York hospital after being found unconscious in the bathroom of his home, police said.
The cause of death will be determined by the city's medical examiner, but no foul play was suspected. His father, Bill Moore, told the New York Daily News that an initial autopsy was inconclusive.
Moore was an executive producer on the three hugely successful "Narnia" films and wrote a bestselling illustrated book for the first film,"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe."
But it was his 2007 novel "Hero" about a superpowered teenager that seemed to focus his passions.
Moore, who was gay, combined the story of his father, a Vietnam veteran, with the world of superheroes, he told the New York Times in 2007. "Hero" won a Lambda Literary Award in 2008 as the best novel for gay and lesbian young adults.
He also wrote and directed with his life partner, Hunter Hill, the 2008 film "Lake City."
Moore was born Nov. 4, 1971, in Richmond, Va., and majored in English at the University of Virginia. He started his career in television at MTV and VH1 and later joined Walden Media, the company that produced the films based on C.S. Lewis' "Narnia" books.
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