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'Lamb Chop' creator Shari Lewis dead at 65. LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- Popular puppeteer Shari Lewis, who won a dozen Emmys and a Peabody for children's programs that began drawing network audiences in 1960, died Sunday night of pneumonia while being treated at Cedars-Sinai Hospital. Her family was at her side. She was 65. Mallory Lewis. Mallory Hurwitz Lewis (née Tarcher; changed her name legally in honor of her mother, Shari Lewis; born June 19, 1963) is an American writer, television producer, ventriloquist and puppeteer. Lamb Chop is a sock puppet of the mother and daughter. Shari Lewis was born Phyllis Hurwitz to Ann (Ritz) and Abraham Hurwitz on January 17, 1933, in New York City. Abraham Hurwitz was a founding professor of Yeshiva University of New York City. His lifelong specialty was encouraging children in their studies through play, a focus that his daughter continued. As an entertainer, Lewis was also a talented dancer, musician, singer, and the author of 30 books. Her first show ran between 1960 and 1963, but due to the increasing popularity of televised cartoons, it was cancelled. The Tomatometer is 59% or lower. Certified Fresh. Movies and TV shows are Certified Fresh with a steady Tomatometer of 75% or higher after a set amount of reviews (80 for wide-release movies, 40 for limited-release movies, 20 for TV shows), including 5 reviews from Top Critics. Shari Lewis was an American ventriloquist and puppeteer. She is mostly known as the first puppeteer of Lamb Chop, a puppet appearing Lamb Chop's Play-Along. Ms. Lewis had been previously married to Steve Lewis a talented manager. Her marriage to him was short lived, but she maintained his…more. Lewis' mother began teaching her piano when she was two, while her father taught her ventriloquism and a few magic tricks. As a teen, she attended the city's prestigious High School of Music and Art, where she studied piano, violin, music theory, and orchestration. I really, really love this video! It's a nice overview of Shari Lewis' life and career up to the time of the biography's production. It was made in 1994, so it doesn't cover the last four years of her life and work. But, that's okay. It makes the special end on a pleasant note, rather than a sad one. 5' (1.52 m) Shari Lewis was born on January 17, 1933 in New York City, New York, USA as Phyllis Naomi Hurwitz. She was an actress and writer, known for The Shari Lewis Show (1960), The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) and A Picture of Us (1973). She was married to Jeremy Tarcher and Stan Lewis. Lewis’s mother, a pianist, was one of six music coordinators for the Board of Education for the City of New York. Shari took piano lessons from her mother starting at age two. A first marriage to Stan Lewis ended in divorce. In 1958 she married television producer and publishing executive Jeremy P. Tarcher.
Sherry lewis was 65 years old.