Brandon Tartikoff (13 January 1949 - 27 August 1997) was the chairman of Paramount Pictures from 1991 to 1992. With the success of the six (at the time) Star Trek Movies and Star Trek: The Next Generation, he approached Rick Berman and Michael Piller and asked them to create a third live action Star Trek series. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine was developed soon after. Tartikoff died in 1997, and the DS9 episode "A Time to Stand" was dedicated to his memory.
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