Gary Keeper; Showtime Programming Vice President

Gary Keeper, 39, senior programming vice president for Showtime Networks Inc., who developed two of the cable system’s most popular shows, “Tall Tales and Legends” and “Nightmare Classics.” Keeper, who also supervised the comedy series “It’s Garry Shandling’s Show” and the film “The Neon Empire,” produced for CBS and Universal Studios before joining Showtime. In North Hollywood on Sunday of the complications of AIDS.