BUSINESSMAN, 'FRASIER' EXEC ON FLIGHT 11 TWO KINGS' SCOUTS ABOARD SECOND PLANE TO HIT TOWER.

A co-creator of the sitcom ``Frasier,'' an executive of a San Fernando Valley business and two Los Angeles Kings' scouts were among those killed Tuesday after terrorists hijacked three Los Angeles-bound airliners.

Producer David Angell, 54, one of the co-creators of the acclaimed NBC sitcom ``Frasier,'' and his wife, Lynn, were among the passengers aboard Flight 11, the first plane to hit the World Trade Center, officials said.

Edmund Glazer, 41, the chief financial officer and vice president of finance and administration for Chatsworth-based MRV Communications Inc., was also on the plane, company officials said. Glazer, a former Woodland Hills resident who lived in the Boston-area heading up an MRV operation, was on company business, said his wife, Candy.

Garnet ``Ace'' Bailey, 53, of Lynnfield, Mass., the director of pro scouting for the Los Angeles Kings, and scout Mark Bavis were on the second plane that crashed into the World Trade Center, airline officials said. (See sports for a full story.)

The Angells were returning from Cape Cod, Mass., where they had spent the weekend to attend the wedding of a Boston cousin, said Gloria Gibson, spokeswoman for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington, Vt., where Angell's brother - the Most Rev. Kenneth A. Angell - lives.

``They were just a very special couple,'' Gibson said. ``They were not all that impressed with fame.''

Angell - who created the Emmy-award winning ``Frasier'' with partners Peter Casey and David Lee - and his wife were mourned for their work in the community as well as television.

The Angells were known in the Pasadena area for their philanthropy, having supported the Hillside Home for Children there. In recent years, Angell was a board member at the Pasadena Playhouse and was lauded for his support and generosity of the program.

Partners mourned a man they also called friend.

``He was a kind and gentle man with a quiet exterior that masked one of the sharpest comedy minds ever to write for television,'' Casey and Lee said in a statement. ``His fingerprints are all over some of the funniest moments in 'Cheers,' 'Wings' and 'Frasier.' What few know is that he was also a man of great faith, a quality that allowed him to navigate the shoals of the entertainment industry with unusual grace and level-headedness.''

Casey and Lee also praised Lynn Angell as the love of David's life and said she ``epitomized Southern graciousness and charm.''

``As we write these words it is still impossible for us to imagine that they are gone,'' they added.

The television community mourned as well.

``The news that David and Lynn Angell were on American Airlines Flight 11 from Boston has devastated all of us at Paramount,'' said a statement from the studio, which housed the production company.

``Words cannot express our sorrow at this incredible loss. David has been at Paramount since 1983 and his grace, wit, humor and talent will be deeply missed. We cherished our relationship with David and Lynn and our hearts go out to their family and friends, especially David's partners, Peter Casey and David Lee.''

The series won an unmatched five consecutive Emmy awards for outstanding comedy series in the 1990s and is up for another in that category this year. ``Frasier'' also has received awards ranging from the Humanitas and Peabody to Viewers for Quality Television and People's Choice.

Gibson said Bishop Angell had known his brother was on a flight returning to Los Angeles and held a noon Mass, praying for a colleague whose brother was on the 17th floor of the Twin Towers. That man survived, she said.

The bishop, she said, is in ``deep shock,'' and said David and Lynn were devout Catholics who often attended the bishop's services.

Glazer, who had lived in Woodland Hills before moving to Boston to head up an operation for MRV Communications in 1998, had rushed to make his flight to L.A. on a business trip, his wife said.

``My God, I wish he was late,'' said Candy Glazer from her Boston-area home. She said she was apprehensive every time he flew and talked with him via cell phone as he taxied, telling him to call as soon as he landed. He never would.

``He was a loving husband,'' she said. ``For 11 years, he used to bring me coffee in bed every morning when he wasn't traveling and he read to his son at least two books every evening.''

He had been with the fiber-optic, high-tech holding company for the past seven years, moving up from controller to chief financial officer. Co-workers were in shock Tuesday evening.

``The first couple of hours, it was denial,'' said Jeff Graham, the company's director of marketing. ``Then it was reality. This is a horrible national tragedy that came all the way home back to us.''

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