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Both North and his character became TV pop culture icons.

Smith, who created the “Vampire Diaries” book series that inspired the CW drama of the same name and contributed to pop culture’s obsession with vampires, has died.

Launched in 2020, Netflix’s “Love Is Blind” has become a powerhouse, capturing the pop culture zeitgeist with its outrageous mix of surprise and unpredictability.

But even now in hindsight, he can’t fully understand why “The Office” embedded itself so strongly into pop culture.

I’m not so interested in contributing to pop culture, though.