found: The negotiator, c1998:credits (John Spencer)
found: Internet movie database, Jan. 11, 1999(John Spencer, b. 1946; actor); Dec. 19, 2005 (John Spencer; b. John Speshock, Dec. 20, 1946, New York; d. Dec. 16, 2005, Los Angeles; actor)
found: New York times WWW site, Dec. 19, 2005(in obituary published Dec. 17, 2005: John Spencer; b. Dec. 20, 1946, New York, to John and Mildred Speshock; d. yesterday morning [Dec. 16, 2005], Los Angeles, four days before his 59th birthday; Emmy Award-winning actor who played the shrewd, craggy White House chief of staff on the NBC drama The West Wing)