Cy Howard

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Cy Howard
Born
Seymour Horowitz [1]

(1915-09-27)September 27, 1915
DiedApril 29, 1993(1993-04-29) (aged 77)
Alma mater University of Wisconsin–Madison [1]
University of Minnesota [2]
Occupations
  • Director
  • producer
  • screenwriter
Spouses
(m. 1944;div. 1947)
(m. 1954;div. 1957)
  • Barbara Warner [3]

Cy Howard (September 27, 1915 - April 29, 1993) was an American director, producer and screenwriter. Howard created My Friend Irma a top-rated, long-running radio situation comedy and media franchise. [1] He won a Primetime Emmy Award in the category Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series for the television program The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour . [4]

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Early life and education

Howard was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and attended Washington High School. [5]

Career

Howrd worked at CBS for nine years, leaving in 1953 after he was unable to reach a contract agreement with that network. CBS had agreed to pay him more than $1 million "over a term of years", but it demanded exclusive rights to his work. [6]

Death

Howard died in April 1993 of heart failure at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 77. [1] [7]

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References

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  2. "Obituaries : Cy Howard, Scriptwriter for 'My Friend Irma'". Los Angeles Times . May 4, 1993. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  3. Vosburgh, Dick (October 23, 2011). "Obituary: Cy Howard". The Independent . Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  4. "Cy Howard". Television Academy . Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  5. "1971 Press Photo Writer Cy Howard former University of Wisconsin student", Historic Images website. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  6. "Howard, CBS Calling Quits". Variety. April 1, 1953. p. 57. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
  7. Galloway, Doug (April 30, 1993). "Cy Howard". Variety . Retrieved November 11, 2021.