R.I.P., Charles E. Sellier Jr. (1943-2011)

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Charles E. Sellier Jr., the TV producer who made Grizzly Adams a household name and turned the Great Salt Lake into a bible setting, has died at the age of 67.

His company, Grizzly Adams Productions, announced Sellier's death in a statement. He died Monday at his home in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

Sellier filmed frequently in Utah, making TV productions such as "Incredible Discovery of Noah's Ark" and movies like the UFO docudrama "Hangar 18." He received an Emmy nomination for producing "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," a 1080 made-in-Utah TV movie starring Jeff Goldblum as Ichabod Crane.

But his biggest claim to fame was producing "The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams," the 1977-78 NBC series starring Dan Haggerty as a mountain man. Parts of the series were filmed around Park City.