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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.
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.
Mar 25, 2020 · Gordon’s wife Carolyn Purdy-Gordon confirmed her husband’s death to Variety. No cause of death was revealed.
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 was...
- Gordon Formed The Screw Theater at The University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Gordon Was Known For His Cult Horror Films
- Reactions on Twitter
Stuart Gordon was active in theater as a student in the 1960s. He also participated in anti-war protests. He produced The Game Show at the University of Wisconsin in March 1968. During the play, the audience was locked in the theater and actors planted among them simulated being beaten and tortured. “The worst abuse fell upon plants (actors posing ...
Stuart Gordon was best known for his cult horror-comedy film Re-Animator (1985), inspired by six of HP Lovecraft’s Herbert West stories. Even high-brow film critic Pauline Kael loved it: He was also known for horror movies such as From Beyond, Dolls, Dagon, and the sci-fi comedy Space Truckers. He co-created the sci-fi comedy franchise Honey, I Shr...
Fans and colleagues in the entertainment industry have been paying tribute on Twitter. Stars who have paid tribute include actress Barbara Crampton, director and screenwriter Edgar Wright, and film reporter Jenny Yamato. Stuart Gordon is survived by his wife Carolyn, daughters Suzanna, Jillian, and Margaret Gordon, grandchildren, and brother David ...
Mar 25, 2020 · As reported by Variety, Gordon died on Tuesday night aged 72. No cause of death has yet been released. He’s survived by his wife Purdy-Gordon, daughters Suzanna, Jillian and Margaret Gordon, four grandchildren and his brother, David George Gordon.
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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]
