Richard Simmons, 80; Writer and Producer in Early Days of Television
LA Times
Richard Alan Simmons, 80, a writer and producer from the early days of television, died Nov. 13 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. The cause of death was not announced, but he had been in failing health for some time. Simmons was best-known for his Emmy-nominated teleplay “The Price of Tomatoes,” which ran on actor Dick Powell’s dramatic anthology series in the early 1960s.
