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Ron Weiner, Three-Time Emmy-Winning TV Director for ‘Donahue,’ Dies at 93


Ron Weiner, who won three Emmys for directing 'Donahue,' died March 18.

After the success of “Donahue,” Weiner worked on talk shows and pilot productions for Tribune Broadcasting. Ron was also an a professor at Columbia College, his alma mater, for several decades where he taught classes in television direction. They shared four children, Deborah, Lauren, Vicki and Howard, an exec at NBCU, and two grandchildren, Griffin and Jameer.

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