Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory

Roots Producer David Wolper Dies at 82

• Aug 11, 2010 07:48 PM ET
• by Natalie Abrams

David Wolper

David Wolper, producer of the celebrated miniseries Roots, has died of congestive heart disease and complications of Parkinson's disease, according to The Associated Press. He was 82.

Wolper is perhaps best known for his work on the 1977 ABC miniseries that followed... read more