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| birth_name = Roger Gimbel
| birth_name = Roger Gimbel
| birth_date = March 11, 1925
| birth_date = March 11, 1925
| birth_place = [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]]
| birth_place = [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania, US
| death_date = April 26, 2011 (age 86)
| death_date = April 26, 2011 (age 86)
| death_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]
| death_place = [[Los Angeles]], California, US
| death_cause = pneumonia
| nationality = American
| nationality = American
| education = B.A. [[Yale University]]
| education = B.A. [[Yale University]]
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| spouse = Spouse1 (divorced)<br> Nancy Straus Gimbel (predeceased)<br> [[Jennifer Warren]] (until death)
| spouse = Spouse1 (divorced)<br> Nancy Straus Gimbel (predeceased)<br> [[Jennifer Warren]] (until death)
| occupation =
| occupation =
| children = Jeff Gimbel<br> Steven Gimbel<br> Sam Gimbel<br> Liza Gimbel
| children = 4
| parents = Julia de Fernex Millhiser Gimbel<br> [[Richard Gimbel]]
| parents = Julia de Fernex Millhiser Gimbel<br> [[Richard Gimbel]]
| family = [[Adam Gimbel]] (great-grandfather)
| family = [[Adam Gimbel]] (great-grandfather)
}}
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'''Roger Gimbel''' (March 11, 1925 – April 26, 2011) was an [[United States|American]] [[television producer]] who specialized in [[television movie]]s. Many of Gimbel's television films dealt with real-life events, including ''[[Chernobyl: The Final Warning]], [[S.O.S. Titanic]], [[The Amazing Howard Hughes]]'' and ''[[The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman]]''.<ref name=latimes>{{cite news |first=|last=|title=Passings: Roger Gimbel, 86, producer of made-for-TV movies; John Cossette, 54, longtime Grammy Awards' executive producer; W. Barclay Kamb, 79, Caltech professor specialized in glacial sciences |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2011/apr/29/local/la-me-passings-20110429|work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |publisher= |date=2011-04-29 |accessdate=2011-05-01}}</ref> Often, Gimbel's films also focused on serious societal problems, including [[mental illness]], [[war]] and [[domestic abuse]].<ref name=latimes/> Gimbel produced more than 50 television films and specials, which earned eighteen [[Emmy Awards]].<ref name=newser>{{cite news|title=Roger Gimbel, Emmy-winning TV producer, dies at 86; worked with Bing Crosby, Sophia Loren|url=http://www.newser.com/article/d9mssd9o1/roger-gimbel-emmy-winning-tv-producer-dies-at-86-worked-with-bing-crosby-sophia-loren.html|archive-url=https://archive.is/20110504213811/http://www.newser.com/article/d9mssd9o1/roger-gimbel-emmy-winning-tv-producer-dies-at-86-worked-with-bing-crosby-sophia-loren.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-05-04|work=[[Associated Press]]|publisher=[[Newser]]|date=2011-04-28|accessdate=2011-05-01}}</ref>
'''Roger Gimbel''' (March 11, 1925 – April 26, 2011) was an American [[television producer]] who specialized in [[television movie]]s. Many of Gimbel's television films dealt with real-life events, including ''[[Chernobyl: The Final Warning]], [[S.O.S. Titanic]], [[The Amazing Howard Hughes]]'' and ''[[The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman]]''.<ref name=latimes>{{cite news |first=|last=|title=Passings: Roger Gimbel, 86, producer of made-for-TV movies; John Cossette, 54, longtime Grammy Awards' executive producer; W. Barclay Kamb, 79, Caltech professor specialized in glacial sciences |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2011/apr/29/local/la-me-passings-20110429|work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |publisher= |date=2011-04-29 |accessdate=2011-05-01}}</ref> Often, Gimbel's films also focused on serious societal problems, including [[mental illness]], [[war]] and [[domestic abuse]].<ref name=latimes/> Gimbel produced more than 50 television films and specials, which earned eighteen [[Emmy Awards]].<ref name=newser>{{cite news|title=Roger Gimbel, Emmy-winning TV producer, dies at 86; worked with Bing Crosby, Sophia Loren|url=http://www.newser.com/article/d9mssd9o1/roger-gimbel-emmy-winning-tv-producer-dies-at-86-worked-with-bing-crosby-sophia-loren.html|archive-url=https://archive.is/20110504213811/http://www.newser.com/article/d9mssd9o1/roger-gimbel-emmy-winning-tv-producer-dies-at-86-worked-with-bing-crosby-sophia-loren.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-05-04|work=[[Associated Press]]|publisher=[[Newser]]|date=2011-04-28|accessdate=2011-05-01}}</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
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==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Gimbel was married three times. His first marriage ended in divorce; his second wife, Nancy Straus Gimbel, died in 1972.<ref name=NYTWarren /> In 1976, Gimbel married his third wife, actress [[Jennifer Warren]].<ref name=NYTWarren/> Roger Gimbel died from [[pneumonia]] at [[Cedars-Sinai Medical Center]] in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], on April 26, 2011, at the age of 86.<ref name=newser/> He was survived by three children with his second wife<ref name=latimes/> Jeff, Stephen Martin (predeceased), Sam and Liza;<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1972/04/18/archives/mrs-richard-gimbel.html New York Times: "Mrs. Richard Gimbel"] April 18, 1972</ref> and a son, Barney, with Warren.<ref>[http://observer.com/2009/02/emfortuneems-barney-gimbel-leaves-magazine-amid-plagiarism-charge/ New York Observer: "Fortune’s Barney Gimbel Leaves Magazine Amid Plagiarism Charge" by John Koblin] February 26, 2009</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/04/fashion/weddings/lauren-winfield-barney-gimbel-weddings.html New York Times: "Lauren Winfield, Barney Gimbel - Weddings"] November 4, 2012</ref>
Gimbel was married three times. His first marriage ended in divorce; his second wife, Nancy Straus Gimbel, died in 1972.<ref name=NYTWarren /> In 1976, Gimbel married his third wife, actress [[Jennifer Warren]].<ref name=NYTWarren/> Roger Gimbel died from [[pneumonia]] at [[Cedars-Sinai Medical Center]] in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], on April 26, 2011, at the age of 86.<ref name=newser/> He had four children with his second wife<ref name=latimes/> Jeff, Stephen Martin (predeceased), Sam and Liza;<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1972/04/18/archives/mrs-richard-gimbel.html New York Times: "Mrs. Richard Gimbel"] April 18, 1972</ref> and a son, Barney, with Warren.<ref>[http://observer.com/2009/02/emfortuneems-barney-gimbel-leaves-magazine-amid-plagiarism-charge/ New York Observer: "Fortune’s Barney Gimbel Leaves Magazine Amid Plagiarism Charge" by John Koblin] February 26, 2009</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/04/fashion/weddings/lauren-winfield-barney-gimbel-weddings.html New York Times: "Lauren Winfield, Barney Gimbel - Weddings"] November 4, 2012</ref>


At one time when he lived in an 18th-floor [[York Avenue / Sutton Place|Sutton Place]] apartment overlooking the [[East River]], he liked to catch fish from his apartment window.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1960/05/12/archives/sutton-place-man-catches-eels-from-his-18thstory-window.html New York Times: "Sutton Place Man Catches Eels From His 18th-Story Window"] May 12, 1960, page 37</ref>
At one time when he lived in an 18th-floor [[York Avenue / Sutton Place|Sutton Place]] apartment overlooking the [[East River]], he liked to catch fish from his apartment window.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1960/05/12/archives/sutton-place-man-catches-eels-from-his-18thstory-window.html New York Times: "Sutton Place Man Catches Eels From His 18th-Story Window"] May 12, 1960, page 37</ref>

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Roger Gimbel
Born
Roger Gimbel

March 11, 1925
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
DiedApril 26, 2011 (age 86)
Los Angeles, California, US
NationalityAmerican
EducationB.A. Yale University
Spouse(s)Spouse1 (divorced)
Nancy Straus Gimbel (predeceased)
Jennifer Warren (until death)
Children4
Parent(s)Julia de Fernex Millhiser Gimbel
Richard Gimbel
FamilyAdam Gimbel (great-grandfather)

Roger Gimbel (March 11, 1925 – April 26, 2011) was an American television producer who specialized in television movies. Many of Gimbel's television films dealt with real-life events, including Chernobyl: The Final Warning, S.O.S. Titanic, The Amazing Howard Hughes and The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman.[1] Often, Gimbel's films also focused on serious societal problems, including mental illness, war and domestic abuse.[1] Gimbel produced more than 50 television films and specials, which earned eighteen Emmy Awards.[2]

Biography

Gimbel was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on March 11, 1925, into the family who owned the Gimbels department store.[1] His parents were Julia (née de Fernex Millhiser) and the Col. Richard Gimbel, U.S.A.F.[3][4] He enrolled at Yale University, where he studied economics.[1] Gimbel served as a member of the Army Air Forces in Italy during World War II.[1]

In 1973, Gimbel won an Emmy with George Schaefer for their work as the executive producers of A War of Children, which centered on Protestant and Catholic friends during the Northern Ireland conflict.[1] His other credits as producer include Queen of the Stardust Ballroom in 1975, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman in 1974, The Amazing Howard Hughes in 1977, Chernobyl: The Final Warning in 1991, The Glass House, I Heard the Owl Call My Name, Shattered Dreams and Tell Me Where It Hurts.[1]

Personal life

Gimbel was married three times. His first marriage ended in divorce; his second wife, Nancy Straus Gimbel, died in 1972.[3] In 1976, Gimbel married his third wife, actress Jennifer Warren.[3] Roger Gimbel died from pneumonia at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, on April 26, 2011, at the age of 86.[2] He had four children with his second wife[1] Jeff, Stephen Martin (predeceased), Sam and Liza;[5] and a son, Barney, with Warren.[6][7]

At one time when he lived in an 18th-floor Sutton Place apartment overlooking the East River, he liked to catch fish from his apartment window.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Passings: Roger Gimbel, 86, producer of made-for-TV movies; John Cossette, 54, longtime Grammy Awards' executive producer; W. Barclay Kamb, 79, Caltech professor specialized in glacial sciences". Los Angeles Times. 2011-04-29. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
  2. ^ a b "Roger Gimbel, Emmy-winning TV producer, dies at 86; worked with Bing Crosby, Sophia Loren". Associated Press. Newser. 2011-04-28. Archived from the original on 2011-05-04. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
  3. ^ a b c New York Times: "Miss Warren Wed To Roger Gimbel" June 7, 1976
  4. ^ New York Times: "Col. Richard Gimbel Dies at 71; Flier Was Yale Library Curator" May 28, 1970
  5. ^ New York Times: "Mrs. Richard Gimbel" April 18, 1972
  6. ^ New York Observer: "Fortune’s Barney Gimbel Leaves Magazine Amid Plagiarism Charge" by John Koblin February 26, 2009
  7. ^ New York Times: "Lauren Winfield, Barney Gimbel - Weddings" November 4, 2012
  8. ^ New York Times: "Sutton Place Man Catches Eels From His 18th-Story Window" May 12, 1960, page 37
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