Steven Sunshine, Writer and Producer on ‘Webster’ and ‘The New Odd Couple,’ Dies at 81

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Steven Sunshine, the writer-producer who worked with his wife, Madeline Sunshine, on the TV shows Webster and The New Odd Couple and on the Blake Edwards film Son of the Pink Panther, has died. He was 81.

Sunshine died March 15 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, after a battle with progressive supranuclear palsy, a family spokesperson announced.

Sunshine also spent 18 years as a Daytime Emmy-winning senior producer and “star whisperer” on the syndicated TV show , landing interviews with the likes of Alec Baldwin, Al Pacino and President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama. Watch the newsmagazine pay tribute to him here.

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At ABC, Sunshine and his wife wrote and produced for Webster, starring Emmanuel Lewis, Alex Karras and Susan Clark, from 1983-86 and wrote for The New Odd Couple, starring Ron Glass and Demond Wilson in 1983.

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