Sherwood Schwartz’s Son: ‘He Had Absolutely Spectacular Life’
July 12 2011, Published 12:48 p.m. ET
By Breaking Celebrity News Staff
Lloyd J. Schwartz, the son and former producing partner of iconic Hollywood figure Sherwood Schwartz, told Breaking Celebrity News that his father “had a great life.. an absolutely spectacular life. He was always very sharp; he resented it greatly when anyone said he was retired.”
As Breaking Celebrity News previously reported, Schwartz -- the man behind such TV classics as The Brady Bunch and Gilligan’s Island – died peacefully Tuesday of natural causes in his sleep in Los Angeles. He was 94.
Lloyd spoke about the influence his father had on generations of fans of his shows. “My father had so many children in terms of the audience. The number of times I have been with him and people came up to him saying I owe you my childhood, you made my childhood better with your shows are huge.”
Schwartz said the family is still planning the private funeral, but he doesn’t think they’ll have a public memorial for his beloved father.
“I’m leaning against a public memorial for a very odd reason: everyone who would have spoken out has passed away already.
He said Mildred – his wife of 69- years -- is handling the death of her husband well. “My mother is fabulous. She’s 92, and she’s stronger than any of us. She was there with him all the time and right up until the end.”
As a young man, Schwartz -- a native of New Jersey – relocated to Southern California and began writing jokes for Bob Hope’s radio program, for which Schwartz's brother, Al Schwartz, worked.