In a career spanning nearly 30 years Walker worked for networks studios cable channels and independent production companies A multiple nominee for Emmy and Cable Ace awards her All About Bette won a Cable ACE in 1994 While attending UCLA and receiving a BA and MFA Ms Walker wrote for the LA Times and followed that with three years as a broadcast engineer for ABC Her first producing credits were in 1975 She was a member of WGA DGA and NABET Died in Los Angeles of respiratory failure after a long period battling cancer