Bud Grant (broadcaster)

B. Donald "Bud" Grant (February 7, 1932 – July 1, 2011) was an American television executive. He served as the President of CBS Entertainment from 1980 until 1987. He was credited with spearheading some of CBS' best known shows of the 1980s, including Newhart and Murder, She Wrote.

Grant was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and earned a Bachelor of Science in business from Johns Hopkins University. He served from 1953 to 1955 in the U.S. Coast Guard.

Grant left CBS in 1987 and founded his own production company, Bud Grant Productions. He would later form Grant/Tribune Prods., which produced for Tribune Broadcasting and Walt Disney Studios.

Grant died in Newport Beach, California, on July 1, 2011.

Bud and Linda Grant were a wonderful couple and the love they shared was like a Hollywood Romantic Movie. I love how they would start to sing together in Harmony at Dinner and Driving in the car. Bud Grant was a wonderful caring man, incredible class and in the timing and style of his delightful well spoken words.

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