Morton Lachman (March 20, 1918 – March 17, 2009) was an American comedy writer and producer who worked for Bob Hope for more than twenty years and subsequently produced sitcoms for television, including '' All in the Family'' and '' Kate & Allie''. He was also the co-creator (with

Sy Rosen Sy Rosen is an American producer and screenwriter. He served as one of the creators of the American sitcom television series ''Gimme a Break!'', which he created with Mort Lachman. Career Rosen started his career in 1976, first writing a fe ...

) and executive producer of '' Gimme A Break!'', which ran from 1981 to 1987 on NBC. 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 '' The ABC Afternoon Playbreak''. He died three days before his 91st birthday from a diabetes-related heart attack.

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