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Tenafly for the 1974-5 season of the Wednesday night edition of the mystery wheel series. In the prime of Columbo, they adapted a new version of Ellery Queen, and in the years following they co-created with Peter S. Fischer both the popular series Murder, She Wrote and the short-lived Blacke s Magic. (After the death of Mr. Levinson, Mr. Link teamed up with David Black to create The Cosby Mysteries.) After the first season of Columbo, Levinson and Link left the daily grind of the series. Though they continued to be involved through conversation with the new producers and with Falk sometimes supplying clues, story ideas, or other elements their break from the day-to-day of the series enabled the two collaborators to focus in particular on made-for-television movies. ....
William Link in 2003 Credit: Matthew Peyton/Getty Images William Link, who has died aged 87, was the co-creator of the popular series Columbo and Murder, She Wrote, both of which defied most of the norms of television detective drama. Throughout the seven-year run of Columbo, starring Peter Falk as the eponymous cigar-smoking detective, Falk came to share many of his alter ego’s traits. Bill Link and his co-creator and writer Dick Levinson originally wanted Bing Crosby for the part but later admitted that they based most of the shambling character on Falk himself. “Let’s face it,” Link recalled, “Peter was scruffy and forgetful, but at the same time he was charming and had a very good brain.” ....
Punch Newspapers Sections Columbo and Murder She Wrote among others, died on December 27 from congestive heart failure in Los Angeles at 87. His wife, Margery Nelson, told Deadline.com. Link was born in Elkins Park, PA, a suburb of Philadelphia, on December 15, 1933. In a career spanning more than 60 years, Link was best known for his collaboration with the late Richard Levinson. The two – who first met at the age of 14 and began collaborating almost immediately on stories, radio scripts, and dramas – saw television’s potential to capture the current scene and contribute to the national discussion about such subjects as race relations, student unrest, and gun violence. ....
William Link (far left) at his induction into the TV Academy s Hall of Fame in 1995. Link and writing partner Richard Levinson also collaborated on Mannix, Ellery Queen and several TV movies, winning two Emmys over the course of their partnership. William Link, the co-creator of TV series Columbo and Murder, She Wrote, has died. The two-time Emmy winner died Sunday in Los Angeles of congestive heart failure. He was 87. Link and his writing and producing partner, Richard Levinson, collaborated on Columbo, Mannix, Ellery Queen, Murder, She Wrote and several other series and television movies. The pair won two Emmys for writing for the 1970 TV movie ....
Vintage WD: Primer for Partnership In this article from 1948, authors Clara Spiegel and Jane Mayer give some helpful hints about what makes a lasting co-authorship. Author: By Clara Spiegel and Jane Mayer who collaborate as Clare Jaynes Two writers close enough to the idea of collaboration to consider it for themselves, usually react explosively. This vehemence results either from reluctance to divide the joys of creation with a lesser human or from the temptation to throw a part of its burden on anyone at all. Actually, in writing jointly, they would be doing neither, for Webster defines collaborate as to labor together. ....