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Deirdre “Didi” O'Hearn, who worked as an executive at A&E Television Networks, died on August 12 at a hospice in St. Augustine, Florida of lung cancer. She was 63.
O'Hearn, a veteran cable executive who also worked for WeTV and other channels, was senior vice president of programming and development for Food Network and Cooking Channel from 2014 to 2017, where she oversaw existing programming and the creation of new shows.
The six-time Emmy-nominated executive was vice president of nonfiction and alternative programming at A&E Television Networks, where she developed “Gene Simmons Family Jewels,” a reality series that followed Simmons, his wife Shannon Tweed and their two children.
