Deirdre “Didi” O’Hearn, who worked as an executive at A&E Television Networks, died Aug. 12 in hospice care in St. Augustine, Florida of lung cancer. She was 63.
O’Hearn, a longtime cable executive who also worked for WeTV and other channels, served as senior vice president of programming and development for the Food Network and Cooking Channel from 2014 until 2017, where she oversaw existing programming and the creation of new shows.
The exec was nominated for six Emmys throughout her career, and served as vice president of nonfiction and alternative programming at A&E Television
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