Jack Lynn
He began his career in radio and then moved into television in the 1950s.
In 1956, he became buyer and manager of film programming for WABD-TV in New York.
A year later he moved to parent Dumont Broadcasting Corp. in a similar job.
He was named director of film programming for the Metromedia stations in 1961 and was promoted to vice president in charge of programming there a year later.
Among the live shows that he developed and originated were "Rate the Records" and "Jazz Party."
He produced Billie Holliday's final TV concerts and produced three two-hour Duke Ellington productions.
Included in the many programs he produced were "Portraits" and "Open End" with David Susskind.
In 1966, he was appointed vice president in charge of Trans-Lux Television Corp. in New York, where he was responsible for the development, production, acquisition and distribution of production for network TV and syndication.
In 1969, he joined Television Recordings Ltd. in London, England, as controller of programs international. While there, he created and produced several shows for the world market including the first live music program, the 1969/70 Novello Awards, beamed by satellite from England to closed circuit theaters in America.
After leaving TVR in 1972, he began to write novels, finishing four, all of which were published and two of which were sold as film properties.
He is survived by his wife, two sons, a daughter and a sister.
