What is Grant Tinker?
{{Infobox person |name=Grant Tinker |image=Grant Tinker at the 64th Annual Peabody Awards.jpg |caption=Tinker at the 64th Annual [[Peabody Awards]] |birth_name=Grant Almerin Tinker |birth_date={{Birth date|1926|1|11}} |birth_place=[[Stamford, Connecticut]], [[United States|U.S.]] |death_date={{death date and age|2016|11|28|1926|1|11}} |death_place=[[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S. |alma_mater=[[Dartmouth College]] |children= [[Mark Tinker]], [[John Tinker (TV producer)|John Tinker]] |spouse=[[Mary Tyler Moore]] (1962–1981) |known_for=CEO of [[NBC]] (1981–86) |occupation=television producer and executive |awards= [[Television Hall of Fame]] (1997) }} '''Grant Almerin Tinker''' (January 11, 1926 &ndash; November 28, 2016) was an [[Americans|American]] television producer and executive. He was the former chairman and [[CEO]] of [[NBC]] from 1981 to 1986. He is the co-founder of [[MTM Enterprises]]. Tinker was the former husband of actress [[Mary Tyler Moore]]. After leaving NBC, Tinker tried to repeat his success with MTM Enterprises by forming GTG (Grant Tinker-[[Gannett Company|Gannett]]) Entertainment but the business venture failed and the company closed in 1990. Tinker was born in [[Stamford, Connecticut]]. His parents were Margaret (née Hessin) and Arthur Almerin Tinker.<ref>{{Cite news| url =https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9904E5DB163FEE3ABC4D53DFB566838B649EDE|title=MISS RUTH BYERLY CONNECTICUT BRIDE; A BRIDAL COUPLE, A BRIDE AND AN ENGAGED GIRL|publisher=[[The New York Times]] |date =March 5, 1950}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.longislandsurnames.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I12779&tree=Hicks|title=Arthur Almerin Tinker|work=longislandsurnames.com|access-date=9 November 2015}}</ref> Tinker died on November 28, 2016 of [[natural causes]] in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], aged 90. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{imdb name|0863987|Grant Tinker}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tinker, Grant}} [[Category:1926 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:American televi