Stephen Bowie
2006-09-20 14:40:05 UTC
Paid obit in the LA Times today:
BAER, Art (81) Emmy award winning writer/producer, passed away on his
birthday, Sunday, September 17, 2006 at his home in Los Angeles,
California of complications from cancer. Born in Washington Heights,
N.Y. and a graduate from New York University, Art Baer began his career
writing for the "Robert Q. Lewis Show" where he met his writing partner
of forty years, Ben Joelson. Together they wrote over 100 scripts for
some of television's most popular situation comedies, including "Andy
Griffith", "Dick Van Dyke", "Gomer Pyle", "Get Smart", "The Odd
Couple", "Car 54", "Alice", "The Jefferson's", "Hogan's Heroes", "Happy
Days" and numerous others. From 1977-1985 Art Baer and his writing
partner were associated with Aaron Spelling Productions as writers and
Executive Producers of "The Love Boat". Among his many other credits
Art Baer wrote specials for Victor Borge, Perry Como and Flip Wilson.
He also wrote variety shows for Jonathan Winters, Jim Nabors and "The
Carol Burnett Show" for which he won an Emmy. Art Baer is survived by
his partner of 45 years Charles Colarusso, his brother Paul Baer and
sister-in-law Ceil, his three nieces Jill Baer-Blackwell, Ellie Baer
and Melissa Baer and his nephew Wilder Baer Shaw.
Services will be held at noon at Mount Sinai Memorial Park and Mortuary
- Hollywood Hills, in Los Angeles, California on Thursday, September
21, 2006.
BAER, Art (81) Emmy award winning writer/producer, passed away on his
birthday, Sunday, September 17, 2006 at his home in Los Angeles,
California of complications from cancer. Born in Washington Heights,
N.Y. and a graduate from New York University, Art Baer began his career
writing for the "Robert Q. Lewis Show" where he met his writing partner
of forty years, Ben Joelson. Together they wrote over 100 scripts for
some of television's most popular situation comedies, including "Andy
Griffith", "Dick Van Dyke", "Gomer Pyle", "Get Smart", "The Odd
Couple", "Car 54", "Alice", "The Jefferson's", "Hogan's Heroes", "Happy
Days" and numerous others. From 1977-1985 Art Baer and his writing
partner were associated with Aaron Spelling Productions as writers and
Executive Producers of "The Love Boat". Among his many other credits
Art Baer wrote specials for Victor Borge, Perry Como and Flip Wilson.
He also wrote variety shows for Jonathan Winters, Jim Nabors and "The
Carol Burnett Show" for which he won an Emmy. Art Baer is survived by
his partner of 45 years Charles Colarusso, his brother Paul Baer and
sister-in-law Ceil, his three nieces Jill Baer-Blackwell, Ellie Baer
and Melissa Baer and his nephew Wilder Baer Shaw.
Services will be held at noon at Mount Sinai Memorial Park and Mortuary
- Hollywood Hills, in Los Angeles, California on Thursday, September
21, 2006.