Earl Greenburg
{{infobox person
|name = Earl Greenburg
|birth_date = {{birth date|1947|01|06}}
|birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|death_date = {{death date and age|2008|02|01|1947|01|06}}
|death_place = Palm Springs, California
|occupation = TV producer
|domestic_partner = David Peet
|children = 3
|years_active =
}}
Earl Greenburg (January 6, 1947 – February 1, 2008) was an American TV producer and former head of NBC Daytime.
Early life and career
Born in Philadelphia, he moved to Los Angeles in 1977, where he was working as VP of the compliance and practices department at NBC when Brandon Tartikoff picked him as VP for daytime programming in 1981. He then worked as an independent TV producer for programs including The Regis Philbin Show, World's Wildest Police Videos and World's Scariest Police Chases. After he left, he served as president of Home Shopping Network (HSN) in Florida and later founded Transactional Marketing Partners (TMP).[https://web.archive.org/web/20140921200854/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1255779401.html "Palm Desert National Bank Elects Earl Greenburg To Board Of Directors."] The Public Record. Desert Publication, Inc. Sharon Apfelbaum. 2007. For his work with HSN, he became known as "The Prince of Infomercials".{{cite journal|last=Biller|first=Steven|author2=Kleinschmidt, Janice|title=The Influencers|journal=Palm Springs Life|date=October 2007|url=http://www.palmspringslife.com/Palm-Springs-Life/October-2007/The-Influencers/}}
Death
On February 1, 2008, he died from melanoma.[https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117980131.html?categoryId=25&cs=1 Daytime guru Earl Greenburg dies] Variety He was survived by his life partner David Peet, his son Ari,{{cite web |url=http://thejgsi.org/?modals=ari-greenburg-partner-at-wme |title=ARI GREENBURG, PARTNER AT WME |author=Jewish Graduate Student Initiative |accessdate=21 May 2016}} daughters Meredith and Kathryn, four grandchildren and two brothers.
In 2001, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to Greenburg and in 2007, an additional star, was dedicated to Greenburg and his life partner, David Peet.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121013165655/http://www.palmspringswalkofstars.com/web-storage/Stars/Stars%20dedicated%20by%20date.pdf Palm Springs Walk of Stars by date dedicated]}}
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Category:Businesspeople from Philadelphia
Category:Businesspeople from Palm Springs, California
Category:NBC Daytime executives