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KXO News Education Center Imperial County Lost Another Favorite Son Jerry Belson Todays is : Tuesday, 02 December 2008
| Imperial County Lost Another Favorite Son Jerry Belson |
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| Written by George Gale | |
| Friday, 13 October 2006 | |
| (IMPERIAL COUNTY HAS LOST ONE ITS MOST SUCCESFUL NATIVE SONS)...IT HAS BEEN LEARNED THAT 68-YEAR-OLD JERRY BELSON DIED FROM CANCER TUESDAY AT HIS LOS ANGELES AREA HOME. BELSON WAS THE BROTHER OF GORDON BELSON, BROADCASTER, GENERAL MANAGER AND PRESIDENT OF KXO RADIO FOR 3 DECADES, BEGINNING IN THE 1950'S. JERRY HEADED FOR HOLLYWOOD AFTER GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL IN EL CENTRO. HE FOUND HIS TRUE CALLING AFTER STRUGGLING AS A MAGICIAN, COMIC BOOK WRITER AND DRUMMER. AT THE AGE OF 22 JERRY BELSON SOLD HIS FIRST SCRIPT TO THE DANNY THOMAS SHOW, AND HIS CAREER WAS ON ITS WAY. IN HIS EARLY CAREER BELSON TEAMED WITH WRITER/PRODUCER/DIRECTOR GARY MARSHALL. THE CREATOR OF HAPPY DAYS BECAME A LIFE LONG FRIEND, AND WAS THE ONE TO ANNOUNCE BELSON'S PASSING. JERRY AND MARSHALL WORKED TOGETHER ON SHOWS LIKE 'THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW', 'GOMER PYLE, U.S.M.C.', AND 'THE ODD COUPLE.' HE WAS NOMINATED FOR 17 EMMYS, AND WON 3 OF THEM AFTER TEAMING WITH TRACEY ULLMAN. THE FIRST TWO CAME IN 1989 AND 1990 FOR HIS WORK ON THE TRACEY ULLMAN SHOW BROADCAST ON FOX. THE THIRD EMMY CAME IN 1997 FOR HIS WRITING ON THE H.B.O. SHOW 'TRACEY TAKES ON...'. ALONG WITH HIS BROTHER, JERRY IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE OF 30 YEARS, JO ANN BELSON, 3 CHILDREN; KRISTINE, JULIE AND WILLI, SISTER MONICA JOHNSON AND TWO GRANDCHILDREN. |
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