Stan Burns, 79, an Emmy-winning comedy writer who worked on such television shows as The Steve Allen Show, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour and The Carol Burnett Show, died Tuesday of heart failure at the Motion Picture and Television Fund retirement home in Los Angeles.
Mr. Burns won an Emmy for outstanding writing achievement in variety or music programs for The Carol Burnett Show during the 1971-72 season.
His writing career took off in the 1950s, when he contributed to Broadway Open House, the original Tonight Show, starring Steve Allen, and the The Steve Allen Show. He also teamed with his longtime writing partner, Mike Marmer, in the early 1960s to work on variety shows and situation comedies, including Get Smart, F-Troop and Gilligan's Island.
Paul L. David, 79, founder of retailer Camelot Music, died Thursday at his home in Massillon, Ohio.
In the early 1970s, Mr. David started a record store at Mellett Mall, now Canton Centre Mall, in Canton, Ohio. That store became Camelot.
Mr. David graduated from high school in 1941 and later joined the Army, serving during World War II. Afterwards, he came home to Massillon to work with his family at David Bros. Wholesale Toys.
After selling Camelot in 1993, Mr. David and his wife, Carol, formed the Paul & Carol David Foundation. It has provided scholarship opportunities to more than 300 high school students.
Ernest Morgado, 85, whose recipe for barbecued chicken became popular throughout the Hawaiian Islands under the Huli-Huli chicken trademark, died Tuesday.
Mr. Morgado, founder of Pacific Poultry Co., first barbecued his chickens at a farmers' meeting in 1955. The chicken, marinated in a teriyaki sauce, was an instant hit.
The name he settled on to market his product, Huli-Huli, came about by accident, Mr. Morgado said. While barbecuing chickens on two grills, someone would shout, "huli," Hawaiian for "turn," when one side of the chickens was cooked.
Morgado registered the trademark name Huli-Huli with the Territory of Hawaii in 1958 and the federal government in 1965.