Sol-Saks-Obituary

Sol Saks

Obituary

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Friends and family say the writer who created the television comedy "Bewitched" has died. Sol Saks was 100.

Saks' wife Sandra says he died Saturday at Sherman Oaks Hospital in Los Angeles, where he was being treated for pneumonia.

Saks wrote the pilot script for "Bewitched," but he never wrote another episode of the ABC series about a witch married to a mortal. The show starring Elizabeth Montgomery ran from 1964 to 1972.

Longtime friend Paul Wayne told the Los Angeles Times that the pilot script earned Saks royalties for life.

Saks is survived by his wife, daughter Mary Spivey, son Daniel Saks, two granddaughters and two great-grandsons.

His wife says no service will be held because Saks considered a lavish 100th birthday party a living memorial.


Copyright © 2011 The Associated Press

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Sure enjoyed Bewitched. Thank you for the fun!

Thank you, Thank you, thank you for Bewitched and years and years of entertainment. I was four years old in 1964 when I watched Bewitched for the first time, and here I sit today at 65 watching Bewitched season three, episode 20 ( The corn is as high As a Guernsey’s Eye) loving every minute of it.

RIP Sol Sacks, what a legacy you left behind.

My condolences to the family. I loved the show, Bewitched. I watched it, until the took it off. It's back on Xfinity Demand, again. May the God of Comfort, continue to comfort the family.

dear sandra and mary
I i am florence kibore the wife of the lata dr zachary kibore from kenya, i am currently visting in maryland. sorry for the death of this great friend of my late husband. when he came to kenya he met zavk who helped him in translation in kisii distict and later he invited my husband to visit him in america. i send my sympayhy. florence. [email protected]

Dear Sandra and family,

My deepest sympathies. Sol was my mother Shela's first cousin.

Sincerely,
Barbara Wolke

My deepest condolences to Sol's family, I often escaped in the bewitched series, my sister and I being 15 months apart, she black haired and I blonde, we were samantha and serena, and would pretend to disappear and fly and I especially enjoyed the Boyce and Hart episode, at the cosmos cotillion, thanks Sol, I too still look for it and watch Bewitched, there will never be another show like it, never...

April 26, 2011 To The Family
Heartfelt sympathy goes out to you in this time of need. and to Sol thank you so much for the series of Bewitched. I have all the seasons and still watch them, as well as children watch and enjoy it too. Thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. Verna (Canada)

Dear Sol Saks thank you from the bottom of my heart, Bewitched was and is one of my very favortie tv shows of all time. Even today I try to find reruns of it. I love you and I am so glad you lived to be 100. Sincerely yours, Angelina Rodriguez-Houston, Texas. Thank you for Bewitched! :)

To Sol Saks family: Please allow us to extend our heartfelt sympathy. The Bible teaches that "God is love".(1John 4:16)Surely a God of love cares about you and your family at this time of grief. Take comfort in that love. You are in our prayers.