'Columbo' was a highlight of Link's award-winning body of work.
LOS ANGELES: William Link, who co-created the hit series ``Columbo'' and ``Murder, She Wrote'' and made 1970s and '80s TV movies about social issues then largely shunned by television, has died. He was 87.
Link died of congestive heart failure Sunday in Los Angeles, his wife of more than 40 years, Margery Nelson, said in a statement Tuesday.
The family helped Link mark his Dec. 15 birthday by playing YouTube videos of interviews in which he recounted his long career, said his niece, Amy Salko Robertson.
``He loved it. It was the best birthday present we could have given him,'' she said.