Cy Howard (September 27, 1915 - April 29, 1993) was an American

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, producer and screenwriter. He won an Primetime Emmy Award in the category Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series for the television program ''

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''. Howard died in April 1993 of heart failure at the

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, at the age of 77.

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