Creator of Brady Bunch and Gilligan’s Island dies at 94
Sherwood Schwartz, writer and creator of Gilligan’s Island and The Brady Bunch, died at age 94. He passed away at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after an intestinal infection and multiple surgeries, with family by his side. He and his brother Al began as a writing team in TV’s golden age and left enduring television landmarks.
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