LOS ANGELES - William Link, who co-created the hit series “Columbo” and “Murder, She Wrote” and made 1970s and ’80s TV movies about social issues then largely shunned by television, has died. The family helped Link mark his Dec. 15 birthday by playing YouTube videos of interviews in which he recounted his long career, said his niece, Amy Salko Robertson. “Murder, She Wrote,” with film and stage star Angela Lansbury as an amateur sleuth, was created by Link, Levinson and Peter S. Fischer. Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading...After Levinson’s death in 1987, Link continued to write, including stories for Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. Besides his wife and Salko Robertson, Link’s survivors include nieces and nephews John Robertson, Karen Salko Nieberg and Owen Nieberg.

Source: thestar December 30, 2020 02:15 UTC