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George Richard Yanok (November 29, 1938 – April 29, 2022) was an American screenwriter, television producer, actor, and jazz drummer. He is noted for winning Primetime Emmy Awards in 1974 and 1976.
George Yanok was born on 29 November 1938 in Bristol, Connecticut, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Lily (1973), Welcome Back, Kotter (1975) and The Lily Tomlin Special (1975). He was married to Laura. He died on 29 April 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
May 2, 2022 · George Yanok, who earned two Emmy Awards for co-writing Lily Tomlin TV specials in the 1970s, died Friday in Nashville after an 18-month battle with lung cancer, his stepdaughter, Katie Hill,...
George Yanok was born on November 29, 1938 in Bristol, Connecticut, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Lily (1973), Welcome Back, Kotter (1975) and The Lily Tomlin Special (1975). He was married to Laura. He died on April 29, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Apr 29, 2022 · George Yanok left us on Friday, April 29, after bravely facing lung cancer for the past 18 months. Writer, painter, drummer, lover of jazz, all things Hollywood and any dog, George was somehow the wielder of often-acerbic wit and yet great sweetness, who loved nothing more than making others laugh -- the basis of his decades-long career as a ...
May 3, 2022 · George Yanok — an Emmy Award-winning TV writer for "Hee Haw," "Welcome Back, Kotter," "Sanford & Son" and "The Bob Newhart Show" — died Friday in Nashville after an 18-month...
Friends we’ve lost: George Yanok 1938-2022. The world lost another beautiful soul a few days ago. Our dear friend George Yanok passed away following a brief illness. George came to us as a fine drummer 24 years ago when we first opened our doors as the Nashville Jazz Institute.
