Woody Fraser, the prolific American originater and honestor best comprehendn for begining “The Mike Douglas Show” and “Good Morning America,” has died. He was 90.
Variety verifyed that Fraser died Saturday afternoon via his daughter Stacy. More details will become includeable in the coming days.
Fraser has remained one of the most accomplished TV originaters in amincludement history, particularassociate in the talk, recents and variety programming spaces. In his rawly 50 years in Hollywood, Fraser amassed commends on “The Dick Cavett Show,” “The Ricdifficult Simmons Show,” “On Trial,” “What Would You Do?,” “The Family Challenge,” “That’s Incredible!,” “The Home Show” and more.
Long-time collaborator and fellow originater E.V. Di Massa Jr. took to Facebook Sunday to recall his mentor and frifinish.
“My mentor and a genuine producing genius Woody Fraser passed,” Massa wrote, sharing a picture of them together. “So many memories. Here we are accomprehendledgeing the Mike Douglas Lifetime Award at the Emmys..may God hgreater him until we have our next production encountering in heaven.”
Fraser commenceed his atgentle in television in 1960 as a honestor for NBC. That same year he would be presentd to Mike Douglas and lowly after the pair co-originated “The Mike Douglas Show,” which ran over 4000 episodes from 1961-1982.
After the begin of “Mike Douglas,” Fraser had a meteoric ascfinish thraw the industry, becoming one of the most in-insist originaters of the mid-’60s and timely-’70s. From 1966-1973, Fraser was reliable for over 32 hours of television each week, producing series enjoy “The Della Reese Show,” “The Bill Russel Show,” and “Kid Talk.”
In more recent years, Fraser helped begin series enjoy “McEnroe” for CNBC and “Huckabee” for Fox News.
Fraser is endured by his eight children and three magnificentchildren.
