Is Janice Burgess still alive?

American television executive Janice Burgess worked for Nickelodeon as a producer, scriptwriter, and executive. She worked as a writer and story editor for Nickelodeon’s reboot of Winx Club, as well as creating the Nick Jr. series The Backyardigans. Nickelodeon Animation Studio produced both of these series.

Burgess was not fond of traveling “in art circles with collectors and high society,” according to an interview with Investor’s Business Daily. As a result, she pursued work outside of art after graduating from college.

For the whole of The Backyardigans’ four-season existence, Janice Burgess was the executive producer. To adapt high-stakes stories for a younger audience, Burgess took inspiration from action movies while creating the show’s episodes.

Is Janice Burgess still alive?

Burgess grew up in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and attended The Ellis School.

Burgess died on March 2, 2024, just a day after her 72nd birthday, while in hospice care in Manhattan after being diagnosed with cancer.