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William Frederick Blinn (July 21, 1937 – October 22, 2020) was an American screenwriter and television producer.
William Blinn. Writer: Fame. William Blinn was born in Toledo, Ohio. After graduating from high school, and then to college, he moved to California, where he started his career as a television writer and producer in the 1960s.
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Mini Bio. William Blinn was born in Toledo, Ohio. After graduating from high school, and then to college, he moved to California, where he started his career as a television writer and producer in the 1960s.
- July 21, 1937
- October 22, 2020
Oct 25, 2020 · News anchor appeared 12 times as a presidential debate moderator and helped build “PBS NewsHour” into an authoritative voice of public broadcasting. The program, first called “The Robert ...
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Oct 24, 2020 · William Blinn, the two-time Emmy-winning screenwriter of “Brian’s Song” and “Roots,” died on Thursday, his daughter Anneliese Johnson confirmed to Variety. He was 83.
Oct 24, 2020 · William Blinn, the two-time Emmy winner who penned the Prince-starring Purple Rain, created Starsky & Hutch and wrote for such landmark TV projects as Roots, Fame and Brian's Song, has died. He...
William Blinn Biography (1937-) Full name, William Frederick Blinn; born July 21, 1937, in Toledo, OH; son ofClare Allen and Pearl Ariel (maiden name, Schaeffer) Blinn; married Annele Marie Louise Lagerborn, March 25, 1965 (marriage ended); married Patricia Rust(a producer and writer), May 17, 1997; children: (first marriage) Christopher Andrew ...
