Bewitched creator Sol Saks dies aged 100
Comedy writer Sol Saks, who created the 1960s US sitcom Bewitched, has died aged 100.
He died on Saturday of respiratory failure as a result of pneumonia at a Los Angeles hospital, his wife told the Los Angeles Times.
Starring Elizabeth Montgomery as a witch who marries a mortal man, Bewitched ran from 1964 to 1972. Yet while he wrote the original pilot script, Saks never wrote another episode. “He just sat back and took in the royalties,” said Paul Wayne, a longtime friend and writer who worked on the show.
Graham Spicer, aka ‘Gramilano’, is a writer, director and photographer based in Milan. He was a regular columnist for Opera Now magazine and wrote for the BBC until transferring to Italy. His articles have appeared in various publications from Woman’s Weekly to Gay Times, and he wrote the Danza in Italia column for Dancing Times magazine. Graham was the historical advisor on Codice Carla, the 2023 documentary on Carla Fracci.
Graham also works as a dance photographer, and his photos have appeared in many books, theatre programmes, and magazines, including Dancing Times, Dance Spirit and Ballet2000, as well as all the major Italian newspapers.
He is a member of the Dance Section of The Critics’ Circle.