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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 retired in the early 1990s and spent much of the 90s and early 2000s as a caregiver to his wife, who had Alzheimer's disease. She was a resident of the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital until her death in 2008.
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...
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.
May 24, 2012 · By Variety Staff. Emmy winner Al Gordon, a comedy writer for Jack Benny’s series and specials, “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour,” “The Carol Burnett Show” as well as sitcoms including “Three’s...
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.
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.
