Roberto Orci, ‘Star Trek,’ ‘Transformers’ and ‘Hawaii Five-0’ writer-producer, dies at 51


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Roberto Orci got his start producing and writing alongside Alex Kurtzman in the late 1990s and early aughts. Photo: TNS

Roberto Orci, the producer and writer behind Star Trek, Transformers and several other action-adventure movies and the TV reboot Hawaii Five-0, died on Tuesday (Feb 25) at his Los Angeles home of kidney disease. He was 51.

His manager, Mike De Trana at Anvil Entertainment, confirmed Orci’s death to The LA Times.

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