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David Lloyd Wolper (January 11, 1928 – August 10, 2010) was an American television and film producer, responsible for shows such as ''Roots'', ''The Thorn Birds'', ''North & South'', ''L.A. Confidential,'' and the film ''Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'' (1971). He also produced numerous documentaries and documentary series including ''Biography'' (1961–63), ''The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich'' (TV), ''Appointment with Destiny'' (TV series), ''This is Elvis'', ''Four Days in November'', ''Imagine: John Lennon'', ''Visions of Eight'' (1973), and others. Wolper directed the 1959 documentary ''The Race for Space'', which was nominated for an Academy Award. His 1971 film (as executive producer) about the study of insects, ''The Hellstrom Chronicle'', won an Academy Award. ==Life and career== Wolper was born in New York City, New York, the son of Anna (''née'' Fass) and Irving S. Wolper.〔http://www.filmreference.com/film/44/David-L-Wolper.html〕 For his work on television, he had received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The pre-1968 library is owned by Cube Entertainment (formerly International Creative Exchange), the post-1970 library is owned by Warner Bros. On March 13, 1974, one of his crews filming a National Geographic history of Australopithecus at Mammoth Mountain Ski Area was killed when the Corvair 440 Sierra Pacific Airlines plane slammed into White Mt. shortly after take off from Eastern Sierra Regional Airport in Bishop, California killing all 35 on board including 31 Wolper crew members. The filmed segment was recovered in the wreckage and was broadcast in the television series ''Primal Man''. The cause was a weight and balance issue from an excessive amount of heave production equipment loaded on board. The resort sold the airline. In 1988, Wolper was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame. Wolper died on August 10, 2010, of congestive heart disease and complications of Parkinson's disease at his Beverly Hills home. He was survived by his wife of 36 years Gloria Hill, his three children from a previous marriage sons Mark and Michael Wolper and a daughter Leslie. Wolper was also survived by 10 grandchildren. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David L. Wolper」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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