Buck Henry, comedy icon beloved for 'The Graduate' and 'Get Smart,' dies at 89
by Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times
Jan 09, 2020
3 minutes
LOS ANGELES - Comedy writer Buck Henry, the legendary scribe who co-wrote "The Graduate," "Catch-22," "To Die For" and co-created the TV series "Get Smart," has died. He was 89.
Henry died in a Los Angeles hospital on Wednesday after a heart attack, his wife, Irene Ramp, told the Washington Post.
A polymath of directing, acting and writing, the humorist most notably adapted Mike Nichols' seminal 1967 film, "The Graduate,"
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