TV Obits: Brillstein, Taylor, Scott, Insul
Filed under: Celebrities, Obituaries, Reality-Free
A roundup of TV society from in front of the camera and behind the scenes who have passed absent.
- Bernie Brillstein: He was a veteran manager and producer who not only produced such shows as NewsRadio, Just Shoot Me, Mr. Show, It’s Garry Shandling’s Show, Heist, ALF, and The Martin Short Show, he helped bring Saturday Night habitable and The Sopranos to television, and helped the careers of such performers as Brad Pitt, John Belushi, Lorne Michaels, Jim Henson, Peter Falk, Geena Davis, Norm Crosby, George Wendt, Richard Dreyfus, and many others, including several TV and film writers. He additionally wrote a memoir in the late 90s titled Where Did I Go Right? and produced such movies as The Cable Guy, Happy Gilmore, The Blues Brothers, and the two Ghost Busters films. He died of heart disease at age 77.
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