Herman Rush, a veteran television producer best known for licensing Till Death Us Do Part, the UK sitcom that Norman Lear turned into All in the Family, died Dec.
12 at 94 of natural causes in Los Angeles, according to several news reports. Rush began his career in 1951, working in sales for Official Film.
He later purchased Flamingo Films, a television syndication firm, growing it into a major independent syndication company. Up into the 1970s, Rush was with Creative Management Associates as the president of the television division, playing a role in the agency’s entry into television packaging.
Some of the shows he was placed on networks included The Perry Como Show, The Jackie Gleason Show, The Kraft Music Hall and The Hollywood Palace.
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