Allan B. Schwartz, a veteran producer and executive at companies including 20th Century Fox, Columbia Pictures and Fries Entertainment, has died. He was 77.
Schwartz died April 20 in Greenville, N.C., from complications related to an extended illness, a family spokeswoman said.
A native of New Haven, Conn., Schwartz started out in 1959 as a copy boy at ABC News while attending New York University. He joined NBC as a unit manager, then worked at Jules Power Productions, where he produced and directed an episode of ABC's Discovery that featured Robert Kennedy and his family on a Colorado River rafting trip.
Schwartz also...
Schwartz died April 20 in Greenville, N.C., from complications related to an extended illness, a family spokeswoman said.
A native of New Haven, Conn., Schwartz started out in 1959 as a copy boy at ABC News while attending New York University. He joined NBC as a unit manager, then worked at Jules Power Productions, where he produced and directed an episode of ABC's Discovery that featured Robert Kennedy and his family on a Colorado River rafting trip.
Schwartz also...
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