LOS ANGELES — Emmy-winning director Alan Rafkin, whose credits include four decades of television's most popular comedies, including "The Andy Griffith Show" and "M-A-S-H," has died of heart disease. He was 73.
Rafkin died Monday at UCLA Medical Center.
During his prolific career, Rafkin directed episodes for more than 80 prime-time television series, including "The Dick Van Dyke Show," "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," "I Dream of Jeannie," "Laverne & Shirley," "Murphy Brown" and "The Jeff Foxworthy Show."
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He won an Emmy in 1982 for an episode of "One Day at a Time" and two cable ACE awards, in 1988 and 1990, for "It's Gary Shandling's Show."