Steven Sunshine, Writer and Producer on ‘Webster’ and ‘The New Odd Couple,’ Dies at 81
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The Daytime Emmy winner partnered with his wife, Madeline Sunshine, on those ABC sitcoms and on ‘Son of the Pink Panther’ and was a “star whisperer” on ‘Extra.’
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Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Steven Sunshine, the writer-producer who worked with his wife, Madeline Sunshine, on the TV shows Webster and The New Odd Couple and on the Blake Edwards film Son of the Pink Panther , has died. He was 81. Sunshine died March 15 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, after a battle with progressive supranuclear palsy, a family spokesperson announced. Sunshine also spent 18 years as a Daytime Emmy-winning senior producer and “star whisperer” on the syndicated TV show Extra , landing interviews with the likes of Alec Baldwin, Al Pacino and President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama. Watch the newsmagazine pay tribute to him here . Related Stories Business Joseph J. Collins, Former Top Executive at HBO and Time Warner Cable, Dies at 81 TV Dee Freeman, 'Sistas' and 'Young and the Restless' Actress, Dies at 66 At ABC, Sunshine and his wife wrote and produced for Webster , starring Emmanuel Lewis, Alex Karras and Susan Clark, from 1983-86 and wrote for The New Odd Couple , starring Ron Glass and Demond Wilson in 1983. After teaming with Edwards on the script for Son of the Pink Panther (1983), which starred Roberto Benigni as Inspector Clouseau’s illegitimate son, they developed the 1992 ABC sitcom Julie , starring Edwards’ wife Julie Andrews as a TV personality who marries a veterinarian (James Farentino) and moves with his family to Iowa. (The show was canceled after six episodes.) He and his wife also developed for CBS the 1989 sitcom The People Next Door , which starred Jeffrey Jones as a cartoonist. That show, co-created by Wes Craven, lasted just five episodes. Born in the Bronx on March 9, 1945, Sunshine graduated from the University at Buffalo before making his way to Hollywood. He and Madeline, also a novelist, published children’s au...
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