Morton Lachman

Morton Lachman (March 20, 1918 – March 17, 2009) was a comedy writer and producer who worked for Bob Hope for more than twenty years and subsequently produced sitcoms for television, including All in the Family and Kate & Allie.^[1] He was also the co-creator (with Sy Rosen) and executive producer of Gimme A Break!, which ran from 1981 to 1987 on NBC.

He won two Emmy awards — one in 1978 for his work on All in the Family, and one in 1974 for his direction of an episode of The ABC Afternoon Playbreak.

He died three days before his 91st birthday from a diabetes-related heart attack.

References

1. ^ Woo, Elaine (March 19, 2009). "Morton Lachman dies at 90; gag writer for Bob Hope, sitcom producer". Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-morton-lachman19-2009mar19,0,4431301.story. Retrieved March 19, 2009. 

External links

• Morton Lachman at the Internet Movie Database

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Date of birth	March 20, 1918
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Date of death	March 17, 2009
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