and Franklin (1976), and Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977); and the feature films A Raisin in the Sun (1961), Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962), and Loving Couples (1980). In 1964, he produced Craig Stevens's acclaimed CBS drama Mr. Broadway, which left the air after thirteen episodes. He also produced and owned all the rights to the 1961 fourteen-episode macabre CBS TV series – Way Out. His production company, Talent Associates, also produced Get Smart. Personal life Susskind was married twice. Both of his marriages ended in divorce. In 1939, he married Phyllis Briskin; they had three children: Diana Susskind Laptook, Pamela Susskind Schaenen, and Andrew Susskind. They divorced in 1966. In the same year he married Joyce Davidson, who had two daughters from a prior marriage, Connie and Shelley. They had a daughter, Samantha Maria Susskind Mannion. They separated in 1982 and divorced in 1986. Susskind was first cousin to television writer and producer Norman Lear. Death In 1987 at the age of 66, Susskind suffered a fatal heart attack in New York City, hours after Andy Warhol died, also in Manhattan. He was interred at Westchester Hills Cemetery in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. Legacy In 1988, Susskind was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame. Sources Battaglio, Stephen. David Susskind A Televised Life. St. Martin's Press. New York 2010. References External links Museum of Broadcast Communications entry on David Susskind David Susskind Papers at the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research. Speech by David Susskind given on February 15, 1970. Audio recording from The University of Alabama's Emphasis Symposium on Contemporary Issues 1920 births 1987 deaths University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni Harvard University alumni American television talk show hosts American film producers American television producers Jewish American military personnel Burials at Westchester Hills Cemetery 20th-century American businesspeople Brookline High School alumni 20th-century American Jews United States Navy personnel of World War II