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Ted Cordes Dies: Longtime Head Of NBC’s Broadcast Standards Was 87
He died on Sunday July 6 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center from complications due to Alzheimer’s disease, according to his husband, William J. Derby.
He died on Sunday July 6 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in LA from complications due to Alzheimer’s disease, according to his husband, William J. Derby. Joel Tator, the show’s first executive producer and director, said, “There was only room for Tom, Ray, two cameramen, a guard, a stage manager and Ted.” When our work relationship deepened into a warm personal friendship that included our respective spouses, I was fortunate to be able to share with him many wonderful experiences over the next several decades.
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