Sad news to share today. Charlotte Gray died last Friday at age 13 and one half. The daughter of producer Gordon Gray and Kristen succumbed in her battle against the rare degenerative brain disorder Batten Disease CLN6. She was surrounded by her parents, sister Gwenyth, and brothers Callan and Gavin.

Many Deadline readers will remember Charlotte and her sister Gwenyth, because they helped raise millions of dollars in funds that led to breakthrough treatments that gave her a much better life than would otherwise have been possible. Gordon Gray has produced inspirational fact-based sports movies about athletes who overcame long odds, from the aging baseball pitcher Jim Morris in The Rookie to football player Vince Papale in Invincible, to the gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic hockey team in Miracle. Gray mostly put his career on the shelf when he and wife Kristen were given a cold and hard diagnosis to explain...