Veteran television producer, Perry Cross has been reported dead by his son, Larry Cross. According to him, the former NBC producer died of kidney cancer on March 9, 2023, at a hospital in Los Angeles. He was 95 years old at the time of his death.
Cross started his career in 1952 when he began producing Ernie Kovac’s CBS weekday morning show. He also worked on several shows including The Red Skelton Hour, Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In, The Dinah Shore Chevy Show, The Soupy Sales Show, Life With Linkletter, The Gary Moore Show, and more. He also worked closely with Jonathan Winters for his specials.
He also joined NBC and they suggested that he produces Carson’s show, which was a good move, as they got along very well. He produced Carson’s daytime quiz show, Who Do You Trust?
“We went out every night, we went to different places, we laughed,” Cross shared during an episode on The Carson Podcast.
”We were all drinkers in those days. That didn’t hurt,” he added.