‘Golden Girls’ producer Paul Junger Witt dies 77

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Paul Junger Witt (March 20, 1941 – April 27, 2018) was an American film and television producer. He, with his partners Tony Thomas and Susan Harris (also his wife), produced such hit TV shows as Here Come the Brides, The Partridge Family, The Golden Girls, Soap, Benson, Empty Nest and Blossom. The majority of their shows have been produced by their company, Witt/Thomas Productions (alternately Witt/Thomas/Harris Productions), founded in 1975. Witt also produced the hit films Dead Poets Society, Three Kings, Insomnia, and the successful made-for-TV movie Brian’s Song. He was a graduate of the University of Virginia.

Witt died of cancer in Los Angeles on April 27, 2018, at age 77.

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Paul Junger Witt talks about Casting Sophia for Golden Girls (2006)

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