Ron Leavitt Dies

Ron Leavitt, a veteran television writer and producer best known for co-creating "Married . . . With Children," the raunchy, groundbreaking sitcom that helped put the fledgling Fox network on the map in the late 1980s, has died. He was 60.

Leavitt died of lung cancer Sunday at his home in Sherman Oaks, said publicist Larry Winokur.

Ed O'Neill, who played Al Bundy on the show, told The Times on Monday that Leavitt was "one of the funniest guys I ever knew."

"He had a very original way of thinking in terms of comedy," O'Neill said. "He was a brilliant comedic writer."

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He is survived by a son, Matt, and a daughter, Samantha.

Services will be private.

Rest In Peace, Ron.

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