BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Emmy-winning television writer Chris Hayward, whose work included "Rocky and Bullwinkle" and "The Munsters," died on November 20 in California at age 81.
The New York Times said the cause of death was cancer, according to Hayward's wife.
For many years, Hayward was a writer for Jay Ward Productions, creators of the infamous Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoons, which were a cold war spoof. Hayward, also the creator of the Mountie Dudley Do-Right character, once had his work banned in Canada because the Dudley Do-Right character was considered insulting to the country.
Hayward's work also included "The Munsters," about the daily life of a family of ghouls.
Born in June 1925 in Bayonne, N.J., Hayward is survived by his wife, a sister, three children and two grandchildren.
