Eric Lieber LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Eric Lieber, whose television production credits include the long-running dating show "Love Connection," died Wednesday. He was 71. Lieber died of leukemia at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, said his wife, Peggy. He created "Love Connection" in 1983 after decades producing other game shows, as well as the talk shows of Dick Cavett, Sammy Davis Jr. and Mike Douglas. "Love Connection," hosted by Chuck Woolery, aired until 1995. Lieber also was executive producer of the 1998-1999 reprise of the series, hosted by Pat Bullard. On the program, contestants watched videos of three prospective blind dates, chose one to go out with and returned to the show to talk about the experience. Lieber attributed the show's success to the real-life drama audiences got to observe. ___ Murphy Martin DALLAS (AP) _ Murphy Martin, a former anchor and reporter for ABC News who covered the Selma voting rights march in 1965, died Thursday. He was 82. He died after a long illness, just one hour shy of his 83rd birthday, WFAA-TV in Dallas reported on its Web site. Martin worked at WFAA in the early 1960s and went on to be an anchor and reporter at ABC News in New York. Martin returned to WFAA in the early '70s. Continued... |