Stan Daniels, who worked on two of the most acclaimed comedies of the 1970s, ‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show’ and ‘Taxi’ lost his life to a heart failure on April 6.
The 72-year-old, an Emmy-winning TV writer and producer had eight Emmys to his credit.
He wrote for “The Dean Martin Show” and “The Bill Cosby Show,” an early Cosby situation comedy, before joining “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” which ran from 1970 to 1977. He also wrote for the Cloris Leachman spinoff series, “Phyllis.”
Daniels with other three MTM Productions colleagues set up a production unit at Paramount Pictures in 1977. Their show “Taxi,” starring Judd Hirsch, Marilu Henner and Danny DeVito, which debuted 1978 and ran through 1983 was a super hit.
Daniels also co-created the Brenda Vaccaro series “Lily,” and co-wrote, with Brooks, the 1978 TV movie “Cindy,” the Cinderella story with black actors.
Other famous TV credits of Daniel include “The Kid,” “For Richer, For Poorer,” “Glory! Glory!” and “The Substitute Wife.” He had also composed music and lyrics for “So Long 174th Street,” a 1976 musical version of the play “Enter Laughing.”
Born in Toronto, Daniels attended the University of Toronto before receiving a scholarship to study at the prestigious Oxford.
