RIP: ‘Married with Children’ Co-Creator Ron Leavitt
According to the Associated Press, 60-year-old Married with Children co-creator Ron Leavitt passed away of lung cancer on Sunday, February 10, in Los Angeles.
Married with Children made the central characters’ Bundy family name a pop-culture phenomenon, while elevating stars Ed O’Neill, Katey Sagal, David Faustino, and Christina Applegate to TV superstar status. Applegate, of course, currently helms the rookie sitcom Samantha Who?, which ABC just renewed for a second season on Monday in anticipation of the writers strike impending end.
Leavitt created the ten-season long Married with Children (1987–1997) in collaboration with Michael G. Moye. He also helped write almost 150 episodes of the FOX series and served as executive producer after logging time as a producer on The Jeffersons, another hit sitcom that lasted a decade, from 1975 to 1985.
The native Brooklynite leaves behind a daughter named Samantha and a son named Matt.
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