AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - Richard L. O'Connor, Emmy-winning producer behind The Muppet Movie and On Golden Pond, dead at 96
Richard L. O'Connor, the veteran Hollywood producer who helped bring The Muppet Movie and On Golden Pond to the screen, has died at 96, closing a career that stretched from a CBS mailroom to an Emmy win. O'Connor died July 22 in Palm Desert, his family announced. No cause of death was disclosed. A funeral […] The post Richard L. O'Connor, Emmy-winning producer behind The Muppet Movie and On Golden Pond, dead at 96 appeared first on American Almanac .
Richard L. O'Connor, the veteran Hollywood producer who helped bring The Muppet Movie and On Golden Pond to the screen, has died at 96, closing a career that stretched from a CBS mailroom to an Emmy win. O'Connor died July 22 in Palm Desert, his family announced. No cause of death was disclosed. A funeral mass is scheduled for 1 p.m. on August 8 at St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Mendocino, California, the coastal community where he grew up and eventually returned after decades in the film business. His credits spanned more than 20 years of features, television movies, and miniseries. He served as executive in charge of production on The Muppet Movie in 1979, working alongside producer Jim Henson, and held the same role on On Golden…Open