File puptcrit/puptcrit.0808, message 151


From: "Alan Cook" <alangregorycook-AT-msn.com>
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:49:45 GMT
Subject: [Puptcrit] Bernie Brillstein d. Aug 7, 2008


Bernie Brillstein who helped start THE MUPPET SHOW on television and guided the career of Jim Henson, died Thursday in Los Angeles at age 77. 

The Los Angeles Times obituary appeared Saturday, August 9th, 2008, written by Dennis McClellan. Accompanying it were two portraits of Brillstein, one of them as a Muppet.

The Tuscon Citizen carried a different obit by Richard Vallon (Associated Press writer) 

Brillstein wrote an informative book, "Where Did I Go Right?" in 1999.

Reuters released an obit  Friday, August 8.

"Bernie Brillstein" can be easily accessed through search engines on the Web including 

http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Bernie.Brillstein

Have puptcritters seen locally published obits for Bernie  in your areas? He was an executive producer and an agent and an author---instrumental in Hee Haw, Alf, and Saturday Night Live for TV, also produced movies. He was passionate about the Muppets and just about everththing else he did.

ALAN COOK

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