Morton Lachman
TV Program Creator
1918 – 2009
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Who was Morton Lachman?
Morton Lachman 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. He was also the co-creator 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.
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- Born
- Mar 20, 1918
Seattle - Also known as
- Mort Lachman
- Spouses
- Natalie Gittelson
(1993/03/21 - 2009/03/17)
- Natalie Gittelson
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Washington
- Died
- Mar 17, 2009
Los Angeles County
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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