![]() Rita Weisinger was first married to Hank Lakin, who died from leukemia due to exposure to radiation in the Santa Susana SRE Nuclear Reactor meltdown (1959) in 1961. She also wrote or co-authored two original theatrical plays, No Language But a Cry and Saturday Night at Grossinger's. In 1989, she co-created the medical drama Nightingales. In 1981, she developed the TV series adaptation and served as show-runner of Flamingo Road. She wrote numerous "Movies of the Week" including Women in Chains, and such miniseries as Strong Medicine and Voices of the Heart. ![]() In 1977, she served as executive producer of the CBS TV adaptation of the 1954 film Executive Suite. In 1968, she began working as story editor and head writer of The Mod Squad. She began writing regularly during the early 1960s for such television shows as The Doctors, Dr. Rita Weisinger was born in The Bronx on January 24, 1930. In fiction, Lakin created the Gladdy Gold Mystery seven-book series (published by Bantam Books), including Getting Old Is Murder, Getting Old Is The Best Revenge, and Getting Old Can Kill You. She was also a novelist and author of "The Only Woman In The Room," a memoir of her life as one of the first female show runners and one of the first women in television (released October 2015, Applause publishing). She has credits for 474 produced television scripts spanning 30 productions. Rita Lakin ( née Weisinger Janu– March 23, 2023) was an American screenwriter, active from around 1962 to 1981. ![]()
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