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Monday, August 15, 2011

Bud Grant, American television executive, president of CBS (1980–1987) died he was , 79.


B. Donald "Bud" Grant was an American television executive died he was , 79.. He served as the President of CBS Entertainment from CBS Entertainment 1980 until 1987.[2] He was credited with spearheading some of CBS' best known shows of the 1980s, including Newhart and Murder, She Wrote.

(1934 – July 1, 2011)


Grant was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and earned a bachelor's of science in business from Johns Hopkins University.[3] He served from 1953 to 1955 in the U.S. Coast Guard.[3]
Grant left CBS in 1987 and founded his own production company, Bud Grant Productions.[2] He would later form Grant/Tribune Prods., which produced for Tribune Broadcasting and Walt Disney Studios.[2]
Grant died in Newport Beach, California, on July 1, 2011.[3]

 

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1 comment:

Unknown said...

you have the wrong pic of Bud Grant,you have a pic of the Vikings head coach!!!!

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