Overview
- He died Jan. 28 at his Los Angeles home at age 96, with his wife, CAA agent Toni Howard, announcing his death with no cause disclosed.
- He produced the 2018 film Can You Ever Forgive Me?, based on Lee Israel’s memoir, after optioning the book roughly two decades earlier, and the film received three Oscar nominations.
- He created ABC’s In Concert in 1972, which evolved into Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert and showcased performers including The Rolling Stones, Queen and Black Sabbath.
- His credits included an 11-year run producing and directing Joe Bob Briggs’ TNT programs that earned him an Emmy nomination, as well as the CBS film Deep in My Heart that led to Anne Bancroft’s Emmy win.
- A Brooklyn native and Cooper Union alumnus, he rose from radio and Channel 5 program director to executive roles at Metromedia, RKO General and Screen Gems, founded DY Productions for documentary work, and with Howard endowed a Cooper Union merit award.