Death
In April 1996, Dawn Steel was diagnosed with a brain tumor. She died, aged 51, after a 20-month battle against the disease. Her film City of Angels was dedicated to her memory.
Her career at Paramount as Chief of Production was referenced in the HBO series, Entourage, in the Season Three (2006) episode "What About Bob?", when fictional producer Bob Ryan asks Ari Gold if Dawn Steel will still be working there, to which Ari replies "Bob, Dawn Steel died nine years ago."
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