Morton Lachman (March 20, 1918 – March 17, 2009) was an American comedy writer and producer who worked for

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for more than twenty years and subsequently produced

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s for television, including ''

All in the Family ''All in the Family'' is an American television sitcom that aired on CBS for nine seasons, from January 12, 1971, to April 8, 1979. Afterwards, it was continued with the spin-off series ''Archie Bunker's Place'', which picked up where ''All in ...

'' and ''

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''. He was also the co-creator (with Sy Rosen) and executive producer of ''

Gimme A Break! ''Gimme a Break!'' is an American television sitcom created by Mort Lachman and Sy Rosen, that aired on NBC for six seasons from October 29, 1981, to May 12, 1987. The series starred Nell Carter as the housekeeper for a widowed police chief ( ...

'', which ran from 1981 to 1987 on

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. He won two Emmy awards — one in 1978 for his work on ''All in the Family'', and one in 1974 for his direction of an episode of ''

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''. He died three days before his 91st birthday from a diabetes-related heart attack.

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