Scott D. Pierce, who wrote about tv for greater than 30 years as a critic for The Salt Lake Tribune and the Deseret Information, died immediately at 64. His demise was confirmed. by his associate Rob Sonoda, however no trigger was given.

Pierce began his as a TV critic on March 31, 1990 on the Deseret Information.

Pierce wrote for the Deseret Information for 20 years, dropping the job in 2010 in a spherical of layoffs that affected 43% of that newspaper’s employees. A Tribune editor referred to as him the following day to supply him a job as a reporter.

At The Tribune, his duties expanded past TV criticism. He wrote basic options and the occasional theater evaluate. He later labored the early-morning breaking information shift, masking police shootings and anything that occurred in a single day, whereas persevering with to cowl leisure.

In a message to the newsroom Friday, Tribune govt editor Lauren Gustus wrote, “He was a pal to many people.” Along with working with longtime Tribune employees, she mentioned, “he additionally welcomed the most recent reporters, making an effort to search out connections with of us who had not too long ago joined us.”

Gustus famous that Pierce “had a conversational model that made him simple to learn, and a willingness to tackle something journalism occurred to throw his means on any given day.”

Pierce was one of many unique panelists on the favored “Geek Present Podcast,” beginning in 2008. He stayed on the present for six or seven years, mentioned Kerry Jackson, the podcast’s creator and co-host of X96′s “Radio From Hell” program.

Pierce was additionally a longtime member of the Tv Critics Affiliation, and attended its twice-yearly press excursions in Los Angeles for a few years. Some years, he emceed TCA’s awards ceremony — which allowed him to provide a 2009 lifetime achievement award to certainly one of his TV heroes, the actress Betty White. He was TCA’s president in 2014.

Pierce’s last TV column — an interview with the creator of the filmed-in-Utah TV sequence “The Chosen,” in regards to the lifetime of Jesus — is scheduled to be revealed in Sunday’s print version of The Tribune.