Bud Grant, American television executive, president of CBS (1980–1987) died he was , 79.

B. Donald "Bud" Grant was an American television executive died he was , 79.. He served as the President of CBS Entertainment from CBS Entertainment 1980 until 1987.^[2] He was credited with spearheading some of CBS' best known shows of the 1980s, including Newhart and Murder, She Wrote^.

(1934 – July 1, 2011)


Grant was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and earned a bachelor's of science in business from Johns Hopkins University.^[3] He served from 1953 to 1955 in the U.S. Coast Guard.^[3]
Grant left CBS in 1987 and founded his own production company, Bud Grant Productions.^[2] He would later form Grant/Tribune Prods., which produced for Tribune Broadcasting and Walt Disney Studios.^[2]
Grant died in Newport Beach, California, on July 1, 2011.^[3]

 

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