Family Ties creator dies by STAFF WRITER source CHANNEL24
James Gandolfini: An unlikely TV star by FRAZIER MOORE source CHANNEL24
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benefactor, partner, second father and beloved friend,” Fox said in a statement on Monday.“ He touched so many with his enormous talent and generous spirit. He changed my life profoundly.”
Goldberg began his TV career in the 1970s as a writer for series including The Bob Newhart Show, and was a producer of Lou Grant.
In 1982 Family Ties premiered on NBC, introducing Michael J Fox as a business-loving Young Republican son of left-wing baby boomers who were former hippies.
“ Basically, those parents are me and Diana,” Goldberg once said, referring to his wife, Diana Meehan, who survives him.
The series became a huge hit, making Fox a star and Goldberg an important behind-the-camera name.
During his career, Goldberg won two Emmy awards, two Golden Globes and a Peabody award.
Gary David Goldberg
Family Ties creator dies by STAFF WRITER source CHANNEL24
NEW YORK- Gary David Goldberg, who created the 1980s sitcom hit Family Ties and expanded into feature films, has died.
Goldberg died of brain cancer in Montecito, California, on Saturday, days before his 69th birthday, The New York Times reported.
Goldberg’ s TV successes also included the ABC comedy Spin City, which in 1996 reunited him with Family Ties breakout star Michael J Fox as the deputy mayor of New York City.
“ With a full heart I say goodbye to my mentor,
James Gandolfini: An unlikely TV star by FRAZIER MOORE source CHANNEL24
NEW YORK- James Gandolfini would have hated all this fuss. He was an actor who shrank from attention for anything but the roles he brought to life. No false modesty. He simply did his best to remain a private citizen behind his public characters. These included, of course, Tony Soprano, the fiendish, tormented mobster the world came to know and revere as a towering dramatic achievement.
Now this flood of tributes to Gandolfini upon his untimely death? This would likely have struck him as excessive and needless, upstaging for a moment his lifetime of work.
In a too-brief career that ended on Wednesday at age 51 while he was vacationing in Rome, Gandolfini can be celebrated for performances on TV, on stage and in films that reached beyond the obvious triumph
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