Ed Friendly, a producer who brokered the deal that brought "Laugh-In" to television and who created the series "Little House on the Prairie" after noticing his daughter reading the books, has died. He was 85.
In 1967, Friendly left his job as NBC's vice president of special programs in New York and moved to Los Angeles to produce specials through an independent company he formed with George Schlatter.
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In 1967, Friendly left his job as NBC's vice president of special programs in New York and moved to Los Angeles to produce specials through an independent company he formed with George Schlatter.
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-friendly20jun20,1,3688690.story?coll=la-news-obituaries