Sol Saks (December 13, 1910 – April 16, 2011) was an American screenwriter best known as the creator of the television sitcom '' Bewitched''.

Life and career

Saks was born in New York City to

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parents. He attended

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in Chicago. He was a radio actor as a child.Sol Saks
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He later wrote for radio and TV series such as ''

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'', '' Mr. Adams and Eve'', and ''

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''. Saks wrote the screenplay for

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's last film, the comedy ''

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At the time of its release, ''

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'' said his dialogue on that film "bristles amiably from first to last." He wrote ''The Craft of Comedy Writing'', published by

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Death

Saks died of respiratory failure due to

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on April 16, 2011, at the age of 100, in Los Angeles, California.Bewitched creator dies at 100
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He was survived by his wife Sandra, daughter Mary Spivey, son Daniel Saks, two granddaughters and two great-grandsons.

References

External links

Extensive video interview
with Saks from May 2009, from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Saks, Sol 1910 births 2011 deaths American male radio actors Television producers from New York City American male screenwriters American comedy writers Deaths from pneumonia in California Deaths from respiratory failure Writers from New York City Male actors from Chicago American centenarians American male child actors Jewish American male actors Bewitched Screenwriters from New York (state) Screenwriters from Illinois Television producers from Illinois Men centenarians 21st-century American Jews