Barry Jenner, 75

NEW YORK (AP) — Barry Jenner, who appeared regularly on shows such as “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” and “Family Matters,” has died. He was 75.

Jenner died Monday in Los Angeles of acute myeloid leukemia. His death was announced Wednesday by the TV series he was best known for, “Star Trek.”

He played Admiral William Ross in a dozen episodes of “Deep Space Nine,” a 1990s iteration of the science fiction series.

On “Family Matters,” Jenner had a recurring role as Lieutenant Murtaugh. Jenner also appeared frequently in the series “Dallas,” ‘’Somerset,” ‘’Knots Landing” and “Another World.”

He is survived by his wife, actress Suzanne Hunt, and two stepsons, Ashley and Christian.

Thomas Steinbeck, 72

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Thomas Steinbeck, the eldest son of Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck and a prominent author and screenwriter in his own right, died Thursday at his Santa Barbara home. He was 72.

“The Grapes of Wrath” author’s son, who was working on a memoir at the time of his death, died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to a statement from his family.

In addition to being a writer, Steinbeck fiercely defended his father’s work, adapting several John Steinbeck books for movies and launching legal efforts to protect the copyrights of his father and others.

After years as a documentary filmmaker and screenwriter, Steinbeck launched his own career as an author relatively late in life. At age 58 in 2002, he published his first book, a collection of stories called “Down to a Soundless Sea” to positive reviews. He followed it with the novels “In the Shadow of the Cypress” in 2010 and “The Silver Lotus” in 2011.

Like his father’s works, many of the younger Steinbeck’s stories were set along California’s picturesque coastline.

Steinbeck, who bore a striking resemblance to his father, launched a nearly decade-long battle in 2004 to claim intellectual property rights to written works he said should have been passed on to him and his family upon his father’s death.

In 2009, he and folk singer Arlo Guthrie brought a copyright infringement case against Google that was eventually settled.