text: First, Perry Botkin, Jr. He, along with Barry DeVorzan wrote the instrumental originally for gymnast Nadia Comaneci which would become the theme to The Young & The Restless. Berry was 87.
  Second, Walter Bernstein, a famous screenwriter who was blacklisted in the 50's, and who used the inspiration to write the Oscar-nominated screenplay to the 1976 Woody Allen film The Front. Walter was 101.
  Lastly, British/American director Michael Apted died on January 7th at the age of 79. On the British side, he directed the 7 Up series, which were documentaries spotlighting a group of people starting at the age of seven and going every seven years, with 63 Up in 2019 his most recent. On the American side, he directed such films as Gorillas In The Mist, Nell, Agatha, The World Is Not Enough, and his most famous film which resulted in an Oscar for Sissy Spacek, Coal Miner's Daughter.
  What a rough week. In addition to the above people mentioned, Don Sutton, Hank Aaron, and most recently Gregory Sierra & Larry King. After getting through losing Tommy Lasorda and Joanne Rogers. Classy stuff from Jerry Seinfeld as it relates to Larry King (that 2007 interview was part of a package paying tribute to him).