Name Eric Freiwald Role TV Writer | Children Linda Schreiber | |
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Died January 29, 2010, Prescott, Arizona, United States Awards Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team, WGA Award for Best Daytime Drama - Television Similar People Janice Ferri Esser, Natalie Minardi Slater, Beth Milstein, Scott Hamner, Melissa Salmons | ||
Eric Freiwald (September 24, 1927 – January 29, 2010) was an American TV writer scripting the daytime television serial, The Young and the Restless.
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Life and career
From the mid-1950s to 1984 with partner Robert Schaefer, he wrote for such shows as The Gene Autry Show, The Adventures of Kit Carson, Tales of the Texas Rangers, Maverick, Whirlybirds, Texas John Slaughter, Zorro, 77 Sunset Strip, The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok, Buffalo Bill Jr., The Adventures of Champion and many others.
They also wrote 188 episodes of Lassie and, between 1957 and 1965, wrote comic book adaptations of TV shows and movies for Western Publishing.
His writing partner was his daughter Linda Schreiber. They both lived in Prescott Valley, Arizona.
Death
Freiwald died on January 29, 2010 at his home in Prescott, Arizona of natural causes.
Positions held
Awards and nominations
Daytime Emmy Awards
Writers Guild of America Award