Horace Collins; HBO Vice President and Legal Counsel

Horace Collins, 44, senior vice president and assistant general counsel of Home Box Office. Collins oversaw all legal aspects of HBO’s feature film financing, licensing, programming and distribution. He also headed the cable network’s West Coast programming, including production of films and specials. When based in Los Angeles, he served on the board of the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center and was active with the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. In New York City on Wednesday of the complications of AIDS.