Jerry Belson, 1937/38-2006

Prominent television writer and screenwriter Jerry Belson passed away on Tuesday from complications due to cancer. As writer and comics historian Mark Evanier notes, the one-time writing partner of Garry Marshall was a prolific writer of comics in the early 1960s, penning several titles for Gold Key Comics out Western's west coast offices. This included The Flintstones, The Three Stooges, and Woody Woodpecker.

Belson was known in television and film circles as a stalwart of 1960s TV comedies, helping to develop The Odd Couple in addition to his prolific script work, and for penning quirky screenplays such as Fun With Dick and Jane and The End. He was 68 years old.
 
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