Larry Klein (screenwriter)

{{Short description|American producer and screenwriter (1923–2018)}}

{{about|the producer and screenwriter|the musician|Larry Klein}}

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|name = Larry Klein

|birth_date = {{birth date|1923|05|11}}

|death_date = {{death date and age|2018|04|25|1923|05|11}}

|occupation = Producer, screenwriter

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Larry Klein (May 11, 1923 – April 25, 2018) was an American producer and screenwriter. He wrote with Hal Goodman for The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.

Klein worked with producer and screenwriter Hal Goodman writing for The Flip Wilson Show and The Carol Burnett Show.{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-sep-05-me-29183-story.html|title=Hal Goodman; Monologuist for Comedians|work=Los Angeles Times|date=September 5, 1997|access-date=May 30, 2021}}

He was nominated for nine Primetime Emmys, winning in 1971 in the category Outstanding Writing Achievement in Variety or Music for his work on the Flip Wilson Show.{{Cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/larry-klein|title=Larry Klein|work=Television Academy|access-date=April 30, 2021}} Klein died in April 2018, at the age of 94.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wga.org/news-events/news/in-memoriam/2018|title=In Memorian 2018|work=Writers Guild of America West|access-date=April 30, 2021}}