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Dick Clair

Dick Clair was born Richard Jones in San Francisco, California. He served in the military for two years from 1955 to 1957. He never married or had children. In the early 1970s, Clair performed husband-and-wife comedy routines for The Ed Sullivan Show and The Dean Martin Show with his writing partner Jenna McMahon. Clair was a screenwriter for episodes of The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Bob Newhart Show in addition to his Emmy Award winning writing for the comedy-variety TV program The Carol Burnett Show. With Jenna McMahon he wrote and produced the television sitcoms It's a Living, The Facts of Life, and Mama's Family. Clair was active as an early member of the Cryonics Society of California in the 1960s. In 1982 he contributed $20,000 to the cryonics organization Trans Time so that a husband and wife could remain cryopreserved in liquid nitrogen. He was diagnosed with AIDS in 1986. When he was hospitalized in 1988 he faced opposition from the hospital and the State of California concerning his desire for cryonics treatment. The ensuing court battle (Roe v. Mitchell, with Clair as "John Roe") ended victoriously, establishing the legal right of persons to be cryonically preserved in the state of California. Clair died on December 12, 1988, of multiple AIDS-related infections at the age of 57. He was cryopreserved at the Alcor Life Extension Foundation. -from wikipedia


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Born:
Nov 12, 1931 In San Francisco, California, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
10
First Appeared:
In the series Kraft Music Hall 1958-10-08
Latest Project:
Movie Eunice 1982-03-15
Known For
Poster of 240-Robert
Poster of The Funny Side
Poster of The Rehearsal
Poster of The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Filmography
Movie Eunice Carl 1982-03-15
Series 240-Robert Unknown 1979-08-28
Series The Bob Newhart Show Unknown 1972-09-16
Series The Funny Side Wealthy Husband 1971-09-12
Series The Mary Tyler Moore Show Unknown 1970-09-19
Series The Barbara McNair Show Self 1969-09-13
Movie The Rehearsal 1969-10-01
Series My Mother the Car Unknown 1965-09-14
Series The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Unknown 1959-09-29
Series Kraft Music Hall Self 1958-10-08