Paul Junger Witt, producer of such TV comedies as The Golden Girls, Benson and Soap, and a principal of the prosperous Witt/Thomas/Harris Productions, died Friday April 27 in Los Angeles, California. He was 77. Witt had faced a long battle with cancer, a family representative said.
With producing partner Tony Thomas, Witt in the 1970s and '80s ran Witt/Thomas Productions, home to Empty Nest and Blossom and the original Beauty And The Beast series. In 1983, Witt married writer-producer Susan Harris, creator of Golden Girls, and the company expanded as Witt/Thomas/Harris Productions.