Link, with Levinson, also co-created several groundbreaking television movies including about the burgeoning friendship between a white pregnant runaway in her late teens and an African American lawyer wrongly accused of murder;The Execution of Private SlovikIn addition to their television work, Link and Levinson wrote the scripts for the feature filmsIn the years following Levinson’s premature death in 1987, Link continued to develop TV series and publish stories in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery...
The duo penned the book Stay Tuned: An Inside Look at the Making of Prime-Time Television , a fascinating account of how these Davids battled with the Goliaths who ran the major networks of the era. “Each time out we tried to do something that hadn’t been seen before,” Link told the New York Times in 1987, “something that would touch an emotional or social chord.
Link and Levinson shared numerous awards including two Emmys, two Golden Globes, The Peabody, The Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Lifetime Achievement in Television Writing, The Image Award from the NAACP, The Media Award from the Alliance of Gay Artists in the Entertainment Industry, The Producers Guild of America Hall of Fame, four Edgar Allan Poe Awards and The Ellery Queen Award for Life Time Achievement in Mystery Writing from the Mystery Writers of America.
Link is survived by his wife of more than 40 years, Margery Nelson, his nieces and nephews Amy Salko Robertson and John Robertson, Karen Salko Nieberg and Owen Nieberg, and, his grandchildren, Anabelle Robertson, Bennett, Fin, and Levi Nieberg, and his sisters-in- law, Elizabeth Nelson and Laurie Nelson and brother-in-law, Jonathan P. Nelson.
Due to current restrictions, the funeral will be for immediate family only. A memorial service will be announced at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to
Hey Shawn did kiss really kick your butt behind stage once
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I still watch Columbo every week. Great shows, all of them. What a legacy.
The curse is broken! 😩 Always sad to see a legend go though in all seriousness. He's been doing stuff shown over and over on TV for as long as I can remember.
DrPopCultureBG Was and still am a huge fan of Columbo and Murder She Wrote.
MagnumWriters I’m old enough to have watched these shows 😏. Loved them all, especially Columbo. Fond memories of my dad laughing so hard at Peter Falk!