Murder, She Wrote star Angela Lansbury on the cover of TV Guide circa March 9-15, 1985. (Illustration by Richard Amsel.) Photo: TV Guide/Courtesy Everett Collection ...

"Murder, She Wrote" star Ron Masak has died at the age of 86. The Chicago native was best known for portraying Sheriff Mort Metzger on “Murder, She Wrote,” as well as earning the moniker "King ...

“Murder, She Wrote” — which celebrates its 40th anniversary on Sept. 30 — ran for 12 seasons on CBS and wouldn’t have worked half as well with another actor.

A “Murder, She Wrote” movie is in the works at Universal Pictures, with “Dumb Money” writers Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo and producer Amy Pascal attached, Variety has confirmed.

Angela Lansbury, the irrepressible three-time Oscar nominee and five-time Tony Award winner who solved 12 seasons' worth of crimes as amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher on Murder, She Wrote, has died.

Peter Fischer, right, a creator and producer of “Murder, She Wrote,” at the Golden Globe Awards in 1985 with the show’s star, Angela Lansbury, and Robert O’Neill, another producer.