Influential TV mogul Lee Rich, who ran Lorimar Television and later MGM/UA, and won an Emmy for producing “The Waltons,” died Friday at in Los Angeles. He was 93 and died of lung cancer. Rich founded ...

Merv Adelson, who co-founded Lorimar Television and went on to produce a string of hit shows during the 1970s and ’80s, has died at age 85. Born in Los Angeles in 1929, Adelson moved to Las Vegas as a ...

He was a former advertising executive who became one of television’s top producers, bringing powerhouse shows such as “Dallas,” “Knots Landing” and “The Waltons” into American homes in the 1970s and ...

Edward O. Denault, who was head of production at CBS and later VP of production at Lorimar Television, died Aug. 21 in Mission Viejo, Calif., of heart failure. He was 86. Showbiz vet Denault joined ...

Merv Adelson, the Lorimar co-founder who produced some of TV’s biggest hits of the 1970s and 80s, has died at 85. Adelson’s long career was marked by highs and lows that were equally spectacular. He ...

Merv Adelson, who co-founded Lorimar Television and went on to produce a string of hit shows during the 1970s and ’80s, has died at age 85. Born in Los Angeles in 1929, Adelson moved to Las Vegas as a ...