Roger Gimbel, American Emmy Award-winning television producer (Chernobyl: The Final Warning, S.O.S. Titanic, The Amazing Howard Hughes), died from pneumonia. he was , 86.

Roger Gimbel  was an American television producer who specialized in television movies  died from pneumonia. he was , 86.. Many of Gimbel's television films dealt with real-life events, including Chernobyl: The Final Warning, S.O.S. Titanic, The Amazing Howard Hughes and The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. Oftentimes, Gimbel's films also focused on serious societal problems, including mental illness, war and domestic abuse.^[1] Gimbel's produced more than 500 television films and specials, which earned eighteen Emmy Awards.

(March 11, 1925 - April 26, 2011)

Gimbel was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on March 11, 1925, into the family who owned the Gimbels department store.^[1] He enrolled at Yale University, where he studied economics.^[1] Gimbel served as a member of the Army Air Forces in Italy during World War II.^[1]
In 1973, Gimbel won an Emmy with George Schaefer for their work as the executive producers of A War of Children, which centered on Protestant and Catholic friends during the Northern Ireland conflict.^[1] His other credits as producer include Queen of the Stardust Ballroom in 1975, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman in 1974, The Amazing Howard Hughes in 1977, Chernobyl: The Final Warning in 1991, The Glass House, I Heard the Owl Call My Name, Shattered Dreams and Tell Me Where It Hurts.^[1]
Roger Gimbel died from pneumonia at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, on April 26, 2011, at the age of 86.^[2] He was survived by his wife, actress Jennifer Warren, whom he married in 1976, and four children.^[1]

 

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