Bud Yorkin

Bud Yorkin (February 22, 1926 – August 18, 2015) was an American movie and a television producer. Yorkin was friends with Norman Lear and they both made Tandem Productions. He and Lear made very successful television programs like "Sanford and Son" and "All in the Family". Yorkin left Lear to make his own company called, Bud Yorkin Productions. He died on August 18, 2015 at 89 years old.