This 1996 photo shows Spelling posing in front of a pinball machine adorned with characters from his television shows. (Chris Pizzello / AP)
Spelling, center, poses with “Dynasty” actresses Linda Evans, left, and Joan Collins during a gathering of ABC executives and guests at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in this file photo from June 18, 1984. (Craig Mathew / AP)
Spelling holds his Soap Opera Digest Award as his family joins him. From left, Randy, Candy and daughter Tori in this Friday, Feb. 28, 1997 photo at Universal Studios in Universal City, Calif. Spelling won the Editors’ Choice award. (Michael Tweed / AP)
Spelling tackled HBO’s “And the Band Played On” because “too many friends had died of AIDS,” and won an Emmy for it. (Patrick Downs / LAT)
