Cy Howard

Cy Howard (September 27, 1915 - April 29, 1993) was an American director, producer and screenwriter. Howard created My Friend Irma a top-rated, long-running radio situation comedy and media franchise. He won a Primetime Emmy Award in the category Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series for the television program The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.

Early life and education
Howard was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and attended Washington High School.

Career
Howard worked at CBS for nine years, leaving in 1953 after he was unable to reach a contract agreement with that network. CBS had agreed to pay him more than $1 million "over a term of years", but it demanded exclusive rights to his work.

Death
Howard died in April 1993 of heart failure at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 77.