Cy Howard

Cy Howard (September 27, 1915 - April 29, 1993) was an American director, producer and screenwriter. Howard created My Friend Irma, a top-rated, long-running radio situation comedy and media franchise.^[1] He won a Primetime Emmy Award in the category Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series for the television program The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.^[4]

Cy Howard
Born	Seymour Horowitz[1] (1915-09-27)September 27, 1915 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Died	April 29, 1993(1993-04-29) (aged 77) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Wisconsin–Madison[1] University of Minnesota[2]
Occupations	Director producer screenwriter
Spouses	Nan Wynn ​ ​ (m. 1944; div. 1947)​ Gloria Grahame ​ ​ (m. 1954; div. 1957)​ Barbara Warner[3]

Early life and education

Howard was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and attended Washington High School.^[5]

Career

Howard worked at CBS for nine years, leaving in 1953 after he was unable to reach a contract agreement with that network. CBS had agreed to pay him more than $1 million "over a term of years", but demanded exclusive rights to his work.^[6]

Death

Howard died in April 1993 of heart failure at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 77.^[1][7]