If you’re a child of the ‘60s and ‘70s, it might interest you to know that Sherwood Schwartz, the creator of two of that era’s most memorable sit-coms, “Gilligan’s Island” and “The Brady Bunch,” died Tuesday. He was 94.
He died of natural causes at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, according to his family, who was by his side when he died.
If you're of a certain age, you might be able to remember full episodes from either of those shows but you may not know that Schwartz was born not too far from here, in Passaic, New Jersey.
The father and son were working together on the upcoming Warner Bros. film adaptation of "Gilligan's Island" at the time of Schwartz's death, said Lloyd.
After an initial interest in medicine, Schwartz turned to show business, writing for "The Bob Hope Show" in 1939 with his brother, Al. Schwartz also wrote for comic greats Red Skelton and Milton Berle.
Once he turned to television, he worked on more than 700 shows, by his own count. In 1963, Schwartz created "Gilligan's Island" and then in 1969, "The Brady Bunch," two series that were dismissed by critics but beloved by viewers.
Schwartz received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2008, the same year he was named to the Television Academy Hall of Fame.
Schwartz is survived by his wife of 69 years, Mildred, and four children, including Lloyd and another son, Ross, who wrote the independent film "Bottle Shock.
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