Ellise Shafer administratorAllan Burns, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter and producer who co-wrote and co-created “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” died on Jan.
30, his friend Dan Pasternack confirmed to Variety. He was 85.His “Mary Tyler Moore Show” co-creator and longtime creative partner, James L.
Brooks, announced Burns’ death on Twitter Sunday. “Alan Burns, my writing partner during the Mary Tyler Moore days, died yesterday.
His singular writing career brought him every conceivable recognition,” Brooks wrote. “But, you had to know him to appreciate his full rarity.
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