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Bernie Orenstein, the co-writer and co-producer of “The New Dick Van Dyke Show,” died on Sept. 14, his family confirmed. He was 95.
The television comedy writer and producer frequently collaborated with his partner, Saul Turteltaub, whom he wrote and produced TV hits such as “The New Dick Van Dyke Show,” the 1970s follow-up to the original hit series, “That Girl” “The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show,” “Kate & Allie,” “What’s Happening!!” and “Cosby.” The duo also worked on “Sanford and Son.” Orenstein previously shared that the show’s star Redd Foxx was very protective of “the two white Jewish guys writing a Black show.”
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