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Used the pseudonym Ralph Willis to write the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode "Justice" in the show's first season.

Won an Edgar Award from the Writers Guild of America for Best Television Feature or Miniseries Teleplay for his script for the television movie "Thief".

Co-wrote the memorable "Star Trek" Season 1 opening monologue: "Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its 5-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before".

John Donald Francis Black passed away on November 29, 2018, one month away from what would have been his 86th birthday on December 30.