David Mills, one of the staff writers for HBO’s Treme, died yesterday of brain aneurysm at age 48. He was co-executive producer and wrote or co-wrote three episodes in the first season. The aneurysm happened while the series was shooting at Cafe du Monde.

For more on Mills including his thoughts on Treme, see Dave Walker’s story at Nola.com. For more on Treme, see our story this issue.