What is Allan Burns?
{{Infobox person | name = Allan Burns | birth_date = {{birth date|1935|5|18}} | birth_place = [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|01|30|1935|05|18}} | death_place = | occupation = {{Hlist|Screenwriter|television producer}} | spouse = {{marriage|Joan Bailey|1964}} | children = 2 | alma_mater = [[University of Oregon]] | signature = AllanBurns.png }} '''Allan Burns''' (May 18, 1935{{spnd}}January 30, 2021) was an American [[screenwriter]] and [[television producer]]. He was best known for creating and writing for the television [[sitcom]] ''[[The Munsters]]'', ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]'' and ''[[Rhoda]]''. He won three [[Primetime Emmy Awards]] in 1968, 1971 and 1977 for comedic writing. Burns died on January 30, 2021, at the age of 85.<ref name=Haring>{{cite news|title=Allan Burns Dies: TV Producer Cocreated 'The Munsters' And 'Mary Tyler Moore Show' Was 85|url=https://deadline.com/2021/01/allan-burns-dies-the-munters-mary-tyler-moore-rhoda-obituary-1234684359/|first=Bruce|last=Haring|date=January 31, 2021|access-date=January 31, 2021|magazine=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref><ref name=Shafer>{{cite news|title=Allan Burns, Emmy-Winning Writer and Creator of 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show,' Dies at 85|url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/allan-burns-dead-dies-writer-creator-mary-tyler-moore-show-1234896855/|first=Ellise|last=Shafer|date=January 31, 2021|access-date=January 31, 2021|magazine=Variety}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Burns, Allan}} [[Category:1935 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:American Emmy Award winners]] [[Category:American television producers]] [[Category:American television writers]] [[Category:Screenwriters from Maryland]] [[Category:Writers from Baltimore]] {{US-bio-stub}}