Larry Gelbart

M*A*S*H Writer Larry Gelbart Dead at 81

• Sep 11, 2009 07:20 PM ET
• by Natalie Abrams
• 4 Comments

Larry Gelbart, the writer who made M*A*S*H a TV hit, died Friday in his Beverly Hills home, after a battle with cancer. He was 81.

In 1971, TV execs approached Gelbart about adapting Robert Altman's M*A*S*H for the small screen... read more