LOS ANGELES -- Tony Webster, a successful writer whose credits include such early television triumphs as 'Your Show of Shows,' died last month of cancer at his home, it was reported Saturday.
Webster, whose career extended over three decades and earned him three consecutive Emmy awards, was 64 when he died June 27, the Los Angeles Times said.
The Emmys, which he shared with several other writers, were for his work in 1955-57 for 'The Phil Silvers Show.'
He was nominated three other times: In 1961 for 'Car 54, Where are You?' in 1963 for 'That Was the Week That Was,' and in 1970 for a 'Kraft Music Hall' special called 'The Kopycats Kopy TV.'
He began in the industry in New York as a writer for the popular Bob and Ray radio series, later moving to television with the Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca series, 'Your Show of Shows,' in which he worked with such writers as Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, Woody Allen, Larry Gelbert and Mel Tolkin.
In 1961, Webster won a Writers Guild script award for an Art Carney special titled 'Call Me Back.'
He is survived by his mother, a daughter and a grandson.
