Earl Pomerantz, a two-time Emmy winner who wrote and produced for such comedies asThe Mary Tyler Moore Show,The Cosby Show,TaxiandThe Larry Sanders Show, has died.
He was 75. Pomerantz died Saturday of an aneurysm at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, his daughter Rachel Braude said. He also created the 1981-82 ABC sitcomBest of the West, starring Joel Higgins, and the 1989-93 CBS comedyMajor Dad, starring Gerald McRaney.
Born on Feb. 4, 1945, in Canada, Earl Raymond Pomerantz received his first Emmy in 1976 for his work on ABC'sThe Lily Tomlin Special(shared with Lorne Michaels, Christopher Guest and others), then shared the outstanding comedy series trophy in 1985 with Marcy Carsey, Tom Werner and others for NBC'sThe Cosby Show.
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