death_date death_place birth_place birth_date nickname yearsactive birthname spouse article_title name occupation
26 may 2009 los angeles , california , u.s. new york city , new york , u.s. 4 august 1919 `` mickey '' 1971-1985 isadore rovinsky irene -rrb- saslaw -lrb- 1950 - 2000 , her death michael ross -lrb- screenwriter -rrb-
 michael ross screenwriter , television producer
michael ross -lrb- screenwriter -rrb-

michael `` mickey '' ross -lrb- born isadore rovinsky -rrb- -lrb- august 4 , 1919 -- may 26 , 2009 -rrb- was an american emmy award-winning screenwriter and television producer .
ross , together with writing partners don nicholl and bernard west , were writers/producers for `` all in the family '' , for which ross won an emmy in 1973 , `` the jeffersons '' , `` the dumplings '' , and `` three 's company '' .
ross and west continued as executive producers of `` three 's company '' after the death of partner nicholl in 1980 , also producing the spin-off shows `` the ropers '' and `` three 's a crowd '' .
