Larry Auerbach Dead at 91

Larry Auerbach on the set of Love of Life with Sammy Davis Jr. i n 1975.

Emmy-winning director Larry Auerbach died on Saturday from complications of glioblastoma in La Jolla, California He was 91.

Auerbach began his career in the late 1940s in Chicago, where he was a stage manager on such early shows as Kukla, Fran and Ollie, Studs' Place and the daytime drama Hawkins Falls.

Following a short stint on Zoo Parade, a live program from the Chicago Zoo with Marlon Perkins, Auerbach went on to become the first director of NBC’s Watch Mr. Wizard.