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Peg Lynch, Early Sitcom Writer And Star, Dies

The New York Times | by TVNewsCheck

Peg Lynch, who wrote and starred in Ethel and Albert, one of television’s earliest situation comedies, died on Friday. She was 98. Lynch, who wrote nearly 11,000 scripts for radio and television without the benefit of a writer’s room committee (or even a co-writer), was a pioneering woman in broadcast entertainment.