Tad Mosel, a writer of live television dramas in the 1950s who won a Pulitzer Prize for "All the Way Home," his 1960 Broadway dramatization of James Agee's novel "A Death in the Family," died Aug. 24 in Concord, N.H. at age 86. Mosel was a major contributor of original scripts for dramatic anthology series such as "Goodyear Television Playhouse," "Studio One" and "Playhouse 90."
Ken Campbell, a maverick British actor, writer and director whose career ranged from sitcom roles to a 22-hour stage extravaganza, was found dead Sunday. He was 66. Campbell's body was found at his Epping Forest home. The cause of death has not been determined.
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