The Washington Post reports that Belson, Emmy Winning comedy writer for such television classics as, “The Tracey Ullman Show,” “The Odd Couple,” and “The Dick Van Dyke Show” passed away at home in Los Angeles on October 10th of cancer.
Writing Partner Garry Marshall recalled Belson’s unique style,
“In one of our first meetings, I said to him, ‘Write it like you would a play.’ He said, ‘I never saw a play.’ He wasn’t from Harvard. He was from El Centro.”
Belson is survived by two siblings, his wife, three children and two granchildren.