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The Creator of The Best TV Show Ever, ‘Passions,’ Has Died

7:20AM Kyle Buchanan | We come together today to eulogise the genius who created one of television’s most brilliant series. No, not David Chase, creator of The Sopranos. Have no fear, Matt Groenig remains among the living. Instead, the madman that we are paying tribute to is James E. Reilly, who created perhaps the most demented show that has ever existed, the NBC soap Passions. According to Soap Opera Digest, the 60-year-old Reilly passed away over the weekend while recovering from cardiac surgery. He leaves behind a sister, Cathy Robinson, as well as many of the most insane things that have ever happened on television. We’re talking child witches with thought bubbles, armies made exclusively of fighting lesbians, insanely convoluted incest storylines — and that’s just for starters! We’ve got a more in-depth sampling, after the jump. More »