Ed Friendly Dies
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Veteran TV executive Ed Friendly, co-creator of the 1960s comic sensation "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" and producer of the frontier family drama "Little House on the Prairie," has died, his publicist said on Tuesday.
Friendly, who was 85, died at his home in Rancho Santa Fe, California, near San Diego, on Sunday after a yearlong battle with cancer, said spokesman Warren Cowan.
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A year after "Laugh-In" ended its run, Friendly scored another NBC success with "Little House on the Prairie," which starred Michael Landon, formerly of "Bonanza," as the father of a frontier family.
The show, based on the "Little House" stories of pioneer life by Laura Ingalls Wilder, ran until 1983.
Friendly was not related to well-know CBS News producer Fred Friendly.
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