Richard S. Kline, an Emmy-nominated producer and director of news and game shows, died Saturday in Connecticut following a long illness, his wife Annabelle tells The Hollywood Reporter.
He was 79. Born in New Haven, Kline served in the U.S. Army reserves in the Sixties before embarking on a career in television.
He started at CBS in New York, working as a production supervisor on soap operas and CBS News broadcasts including coverage of Apollo 9 at Cape Canaveral with Walter Cronkite.
Kline left CBS to become associate producer on The Dick Cavett Show and Betty White's Pet Set, and then a director, producer and eventually partner at Barry & Enright Productions, which specialized in game shows.
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