Loren Ruch, head of content for HGTV and co-host of "HGTV House Party," died Thursday of acute myeloid leukemia. He was 55. “Loren was the rare leader who lifted everyone around him,” Channing Dungey,

Ruch first joined the Warner Bros. Discovery-owned cable network in 2005, where he supervised additional programming, including Food Network and Fine Living. He went on to become a top executive at HGTV, including a four-year stint as Group Senior Vice President of Development, before being named Head of Content in January 2023.