Ron Ziskin, who was nominated for a Daytime Emmy in 1995 for his work on the original American Gladiators, has died at 69
, morning TV shows hosted by Maury Povich and Regis Philbin and films including the William H. Macy-starring Ziskin died Saturday in Las Vegas of complications of vascular disease, his wife of 38 years, journalist Diane Wedner, said.
Born in Brooklyn on April 28, 1951, he and his family moved to Los Angeles in 1965. Ziskin, who played bass guitar, and his high school band A Little Bit of Sound landed a recording contract when he was 16, and they once opened for The Doors. He went on to record bass tracks for singles and movie scores in the 1960s and early '70s.
He graduated from San Francisco State University with a bachelor's degree in broadcasting in 1973 and turned his attention to television, producing , starring Povich.
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