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Alan Sacks Dies: ‘Welcome Back, Kotter’ Co-Creator & Disney Channel Producer Was 81
According to a statement from his wife, producer Alan Sacks died at 81 after his mantle cell lymphoma took an "aggressive" turn in recent weeks.
The producer’s wife, talent agent Annette van Duren, tells Deadline he died Tuesday morning in New York City after his mantle cell lymphoma took an “aggressive” turn in recent weeks. Actor Robert Rusler, who starred alongside Josh Brolin in the 1986 Sacks-written skateboarding romance Thrashin’, remembered the “writer, producer, teacher and connector of people” in a statement on Instagram. Sacks also produced several films for Disney Channel, including Smart House(1999), the Emmy-winning The Color of Friendship(2000), The Other Me(2000), You Wish!
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