Alvin Cooperman (July 24, 1923 – August 11, 2006) was a

television producer A television producer is a person who oversees one or more aspects of a television show, television program. Some producers take more of an executive role, in that they conceive new programs and pitch them to the television networks, but upon acce ...

and entertainment executive.

Biography

Born in

Brooklyn Brooklyn is a Boroughs of New York City, borough of New York City located at the westernmost end of Long Island in the New York (state), State of New York. Formerly an independent city, the borough is coextensive with Kings County, one of twelv ...

, Cooperman began his work as an office boy at the age of 16 for the

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. In 1951 he got a job with

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as a production manager, for which network he would produce several successful television series in the 1960s, including ''Shirley Temple's Fairy Tales'' and ''The Untouchables''. He is also known as the producer of the '' Family Album, U.S.A.'' educational television series and the 1986 TV movie '' My Two Loves''.

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''New York Times'' obituary
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