What is Jamie Tarses?
'''Sara James Tarses''' (March 19, 1964 – February 1, 2021) was an American television producer and television studio executive. Tarses was the President of [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC Entertainment]] from 1996 to 1999. She was the first woman and one of the youngest people to hold such a post in an American broadcast network.<ref name=NYTimes-Lunch-1996>{{cite news|last1=Carter|first1=Bill|title=At Lunch With: Jamie Tarses - A Soap Opera Ends: Let the Comedies Begin|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/07/garden/a-soap-opera-ends-let-the-comedies-begin.html?pagewanted=all|access-date=10 January 2015|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=7 August 1996}}</ref> She was born in [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]. She helped produce ''[[Friends (TV series)|Friends]]'', ''[[My Boys (TV series)|My Boys]]'' and ''[[Happy Endings (TV series)|Happy Endings]]''. Tarses died of [[cardiac arrest]] caused by a [[stroke]] on February 1, 2021 at the age of 56.<ref>[https://deadline.com/2021/02/jamie-tarses-dead-tv-executive-producer-abc-friends-frasier-1234684624/ Jamie Tarses Dies: Trailblazing TV Executive & Producer Was 56]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tarses, Jamie}} [[Category:1964 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from cardiac arrest]] [[Category:Deaths from stroke]] [[Category:American television producers]] [[Category:Businesspeople from Pittsburgh]]