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May 27, 2012 · His survivors include a son, Neil; a daughter, Jill; and four grandchildren. His wife, Charlotte, died in 2008. In 1996, Mr. Gordon told an interviewer that Benny respected his comedy writers.
- Paul Vitello
Gordon married Charlotte (née Berkus), a first cousin, once removed of Nate Berkus, and together, they had two children: Neil Gordon (b. 1953), a television director, and Jill (b. 1955), a television writer. [1] His granddaughter, Victoria Gordon, is also a comedy writer and performer.
May 25, 2012 · Al Gordon, an Emmy Award-winning comedy writer who spent much of his more than 40-year career writing for Jack Benny’s penny-pinching, vain and perennially 39-year-old persona, has died. He...
Apr 21, 2017 · Al Gordon, an Emmy-winning comedy writer who worked most of his career for Jack Benny's show, has died at the age of 89. He died Wednesday of age-related causes in Los Angeles.
May 24, 2012 · GORDON, Al Legendary comedy writer dies at 89. "He always came up with an ingenious joke or phrase, which ignited laughter in everyone...". Al Gordon, the last surviving Jack Benny Writer, was a...
May 25, 2012 · Gordon is survived by his son, Neil, and daughter, Jill; and two granddaughters, the Times said.
Al was married to Charlotte Berkus (who was a first cousin twice removed to Nate Berkus) until her death in 2008. In the last eight years of her life, Al was her constant companion through a battle with Alzheimer's disease. They had two children: director/producer Neil Gordon and writer Jill Gordon. Al passed away suddenly in May 2012.
