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Larry Simon Gelbart (February 25, 1928 – September 11, 2009) [ 1 ] was an American television writer, playwright, screenwriter, director and author, most famous as a creator and producer of the television series M*A*S*H, and as co-writer of the Broadway musicals A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and City of Angels.
Larry Gelbart was a prolific and acclaimed comedy writer for radio, TV, theater and film. He created M*A*S*H, wrote Tootsie and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and won two Emmys and a Tony.
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Sep 15, 2009 · Larry Gelbart, one of the last great humor writers from TV’s “golden age” of the 1950s, passed away on September 11 from cancer. Throughout a career that had lasted 50 years—an anniversary ...
Sep 11, 2009 · Larry Gelbart, who won a Tony, an Emmy and two Oscar nominations for his comedy writing, passed away in 2009 after a long battle with cancer. He created and wrote for such classics as 'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum', 'Tootsie', 'Oh, God!' and 'M*A*S*H'.
Sep 11, 2009 · One of television's most highly regarded comedy writers, Larry Gelbart, passed away today. You may know him as the early head writer of M*A*S*H, a show that left a huge footprint on television comedy.
Sep 12, 2009 · Larry Simon Gelbart was born to immigrant parents on Feb. 25, 1928, in Chicago. In the early 1940s, his family moved to California, where his father, a barber, was soon grooming Hollywood ...
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Described by Woody Allen as "the best comedy writer I ever knew", Larry Gelbart was a skilled humorist who had hits in the theatre, cinema and on television. He received both a Tony Award and an ...
