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Rodman Edward Serling (December 25, 1924 – June 28, 1975) was an American screenwriter and television producer best known for his live television dramas of the 1950s and his anthology television series The Twilight Zone. Serling was active in politics, both on and off the screen, and helped form television industry standards.
His lifelong smoking habit was considered to be a likely cause of his death. During his long life of writing, Serling earned six Emmys for his work. About his life's work, Serling once said, "If you need drugs to be a good writer, you are not a good writer."
- Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York, USA
- December 25, 1924
Serling died at 2:15 p.m. Saturday at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester after complications developed during open heart surgery. Perhaps his death, as the stories he wrote and the audiences he enthralled, took him into that mysterious place that he called during life “The Twilight Zone.”
Oct 3, 1999 · When he died of heart failure on a summer Saturday in 1975, Rod Serling was 50--five years shy of the age at which he had planned to retire and begin a life of uninterrupted rest and play.
Feb 28, 2024 · This video details the death of American screenwriter, television producer, Twilight Zone host, narrator, and creator Rod Serling.
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Rod Serling Death. Rod passed away on June 28, 1975 at the age of 50 in Rochester, New York, USA. Rod's cause of death was heart attack.
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Dec 19, 2012 · Freed from the bounds of realism, The Twilight Zone allowed him to write about death, war, racism, mass hysteria and capital punishment – all topics with which no buttoned-down early 1960s...
