Chris Hayward was an American

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 television writer and producer. He was the co-creator, with Allan Burns

Allan Burns

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, of the 1960s television show The Munsters

The Munsters

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and the creator of Dudley Do-Right

Dudley Do-Right

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.

Born in Bayonne, New Jersey

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, he was a writer for the 1957-'58 color edition of Crusader Rabbit

Crusader Rabbit

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 (as "Chris Bob Hayward"), The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show

The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show

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, Alice

Alice (TV series)

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, Barney Miller

Barney Miller

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, Get Smart

Get Smart

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, 77 Sunset Strip

77 Sunset Strip

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, Fractured Flickers

Fractured Flickers

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, The Governor & J.J.

The Governor & J.J.

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, and My Mother the Car

My Mother the Car

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(which he co-created with Allan Burns).

He won, with Allan Burns, the 1968 Emmy Award

Emmy Award

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 for "Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy" for the episode "The Coming Out Party" of the television show He & She.

Hayward died of cancer

Cancer

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 on November 20, 2006, in his Beverly Hills home.

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