{
  "id": 17066607,
  "title": "Earl Barret Dies: Sitcom Writer Who Co-Created Ted Knight Vehicle ‘Too Close For Comfort’ Was 94",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/earl-barret-dies-sitcom-writer-who-co-created-ted-knight-vehicle-too",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-29T13:10:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/10/earl-barret-dead-1237207408/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Earl Barret, a television comedy writer whose credits over a 30-year career included episodes of Batman, Bewitched, The Andy Griffith Show, I Spy, Sanford and Son and Welcome Back, Kotter and who co-created the Ted Knight sitcom Too Close For Comfort, died of natural causes at his home in Sherman Oaks, California, on Thursday, October […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}