- Episode #9.1 of Seinfeld (1989) The Butter Shave (1997) was dedicated in his memory.
- Former President of NBC.
- Former Chairman of Paramount Pictures (1991-1992). Paramount's TV division produced three of the NBC shows Tarkitoff helped get on the air: "Cheers", "Family Ties", and "Wings".
- Episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) entitled A Time to Stand (1997) was dedicated in his memory.
- Former AOL Online Entertainment Chairman (1996-until his death)
- Two daughters, Calla Lianne and Elizabeth Justine.
- Former President (1994-1995) and Chairman (1995-1996) of New World Communications
- Is portrayed by John Getz in The Late Shift (1996)
- Sandy, the dog on Punky Brewster (1984), is named after him.
- Former Account Executive and Sales Manager of WNHC-TV New Haven/Hartford CT. (1969-1975), was attending college at the same time
- Has a production company he started, Moving Target Productions in 1992, but it was purchased by New World in 1994, and renamed to MT2 Services. After he broke up from New World in 1996, the company was renamed to H. Beale Company.
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