Herb Sargent, WGA East president, dies at 81
Herb Sargent, president of the WGA East for the past 14 years and a veteran television scribe whose career ranged from The Victor Borge Show to Saturday Night Live, has died. He was 81. The six-time Emmy Award-winner died Friday in New York. The cause of death was not immediately released. "Herb was exceptionally generous to all writers and brought an unfailing sense of decency and good will to everything he did for the guild," WGAE executive director Mona Mangan said. "And, always, he was gloriously, brilliantly funny. We will miss him terribly."...
- 5/6/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Herb Sargent, WGA East president, dies at 81
Herb Sargent, president of the WGA East for the past 14 years and a veteran television scribe whose career ranged from The Victor Borge Show to Saturday Night Live, has died. He was 81. The six-time Emmy Award-winner died Friday in New York. The cause of death was not immediately released. "Herb was exceptionally generous to all writers and brought an unfailing sense of decency and good will to everything he did for the guild," WGAE executive director Mona Mangan said. "And, always, he was gloriously, brilliantly funny. We will miss him terribly."...
- 5/6/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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