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Alan Sacks, Co-Creator of ‘Welcome Back Kotter’ and TV Producer, Dies at 81
Film and TV writer-producer Alan Sacks, who co-created the popular 1970s series "Welcome Back, Kotter," died Tuesday.
Film and TV writer-producer Alan Sacks, who had an eclectic career that included co-creating the popular 1970s series “Welcome Back, Kotter” and working on projects set in the 1980s L.A. punk scene, died of complications from lymphoma on Tuesday. Sacks also wrote and produced the skateboarding film “Thrashin’,” starring Josh Brolin, Robert Rusler and Pamela Gidley, featuring the Red Hot Chili Peppers in their first appearance in a movie. Sacks moved into producing films for the Disney Channel, starting with “Smart House.” The Emmy-winning 2000 “The Color of Friendship” received awards from Humanitas and the NAACP.
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