Richard Rosenbloom, Executive Producer of 'Cagney &
Lacey,' Dies at 91
Hollywood Reporter
By Mike Barnes
4/6/2015
Richard Rosenbloom, a three-time Emmy Award nominee,
television executive and producer of such series as Cagney & Lacey, has
died. He was 91.
Rosenbloom died March 28 at a retirement community in
Palo Alto, Calif., his son, Robert, announced.
Rosenbloom shared an Emmy nomination for outstanding
drama series in 1983 for his work on the acclaimed CBS cop drama Cagney &
Lacey. He earned another nom for executive producing (with Tina Sinatra) the
1992 CBS miniseries Sinatra, starring Philip Casnoff as the Chairman of the
Board.
Rosenbloom joined CBS in New York during the era of live
TV before moving to Southern California in 1960. He worked as an executive at
MGM, Four Star Television, Filmways and Orion Pictures and as an independent
producer and exec producer. He retired in 1994 as president of Orion
Television.
Rosenbloom also executive produced Scarlett, a 1994 CBS
miniseries that starred Timothy Dalton as Rhett Butler and Joanne Whalley as
Scarlett O’Hara, and the 1973 CBS telefilm Applause (1973), toplined by Lauren
Bacall and Larry Hagman.
Born in Far Rockaway, N.Y., Rosenbloom graduated from the
University of Michigan and continued his education at the New School for Social
Research in New York and at the Ecole Technique du Cinema in Paris. He served
as a naval aviator and aerial navigator during World War II.
In addition to his son Robert (and his wife Fina),
survivors include another son Steven (and his wife Natasha) and grandchildren
Ryan and Uliana. Rosenbloom’s wife of 57 years, Jean, died in 2008.
A memorial gathering will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday at
the Vi retirement community in Palo Alto. A contribution may be made to the
Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue & Sanctuary.
ROSENBLOOM, Richard (Richard M. Rosenbloom)
Born: 1924 Far Rockaway, New York, U.S.A.
Died: 3/28/2015, Palo Alto, California, U.S.A.
Richard Rosenbloom’s western – producer:
Pioneer Woman (TV) - 1973
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