Rod Serling

Edwin Rodman "Rod" Serling (December 25, 1924 – June 28, 1975) was a screenwriter, most famous for his science fiction TV series, The Twilight Zone. He was born in Syracuse, New York to Samuel and Esther Serling.

Later Years

Years of stress and smoking caught up with the writer in his final years. Serling died in 1975 due to complications from heart bypass surgery and is interred in the cemetery in Interlaken, New York, part of upstate New York, which featured so prominently in episodes of The Twilight Zone. By the same ironic token, cigarettes are featured in many episodes.

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Heart bypass surgery - Interlaken, New York

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Serling is also noted for narrated documentaries featuring French undersea explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau.

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During his lifetime, Rod Serling received six Emmys and his biggest successes in writing include:

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• Patterns (1955)
• Requiem for a Heavyweight (1956)
• The Comedian (1957)
• A Town Has Turned to Dust (1958)
• The Twilight Zone (1959 - 1964 television series)
• Night Gallery (1970 - 1973 television series)
• Planet of the Apes (1968 co-written with Michael Wilson)

He also wrote the pilot episode for a short-lived Aaron Spelling series called The New People in 1969.

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He later taught at Ithaca College.

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