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- Birth nameSamuel Denoff
- Composer ("Bupkis"), author and actor, educated at Adelphi College, and later on the staff at WNEW in New York. He was a television script writer and also wrote much special material for night clubs and a number of singing commercials. Joining ASCAP in 1956, his chief musical collaborators include Gene Klavan, Bill Persky and James Haines.
- IMDb mini biography by: Hup234!
- SpousesSharon Shore(May 30, 1965 - July 8, 2011) (his death, 2 children)Bernice Levey(November 24, 1950 - May 12, 1964) (divorced, 2 children)
- Had set out to be a songwriter and, eventually, co-wrote the theme for That Girl (1966), as well as a 1957 tune called "Let's Keep the Dodgers in Brooklyn".
- Carl Reiner described their working relationship together on the The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961): "Sam and I had a wonderful contrapuntal relationship: I would fight with him as if I were fighting with a wife. It makes for good jokes".
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