RIP William Link

William Link, ‘Columbo’ and ‘Murder, She Wrote’ Co-Creator, Dies at 87

Variety

By Eli Countryman

December 29, 2020 

William Link, a writer and producer known for co-creating “Columbo” and “Murder, She Wrote,” died of congestive heart failure in Los Angeles on Sunday, his niece confirmed to Variety. He was 87.

Over the course of Link’s decades-long television career, he became known for working alongside screenwriter and producer Richard Levinson. The duo collaborated on a number of projects, including both “Columbo” and “Murder, She Wrote.” 

Link is survived by his wife Margery Nelson, his grandchildren Anabelle Robertson, Bennett Nieberg, Fin Nieberg and Levi Nieberg, and his nieces and nephews Amy Salko Robertson and John Robertson, Karen Salko Nieberg and Owen Nieberg.

 

LINK, William (William Theodore Link Jr.)

Born: 12/15/1933, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Died: 12/27/2020, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

 

William Link’s westerns – producer, writer:

Johnny Ringo (TV) – 1959, 1960 [writer]

Black Saddle (TV) – 1959 [writer]

The Rebel (TV) – 1959 [writer]

Stoney Burke (TV) – 1963 [writer]

Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster (TV) – 1971 [writer]

Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging (TV) – 1977 [producer, writer]