Quick Facts

• NAME: Donald Alan Brinkley
• OCCUPATION: Television Producer, Screenwriter
• BIRTH DATE: March 09, 1921
• DEATH DATE: July 14, 2012
• PLACE OF DEATH: Sag Harbor, New York 
• AKA: Don Brinkley 

Synopsis

 

Television writer, producer and director Don Brinkley was born on March 9, 1921. Brinkley's decades-long career included working on the TV programs Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958-61), The Untouchables (1959-63), The Fugitive (1963-67) and Trapper John, M.D. (1979-86). He also worked a stint as a CBS Radio News journalist. Brinkley later became the legal father of supermodel Christie Brinkley. He died on July 14, 2012,at the age of 91, in Sag Harbor, New York.

Career Highlights

 

Television writer, producer and director Don Brinkley was born on March 9, 1921. Brinkley's decades-long career included working on the TV programs Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958-61), The Untouchables (1959-63), The Fugitive (1963-67) and Trapper John, M.D. (1979-86). He also worked a stint as a CBS Radio News journalist. He received an award from the Museum of Broadcasting in New York in 1988.

Personal Life and Death

 

After divorcing his first wife, Lois, with whom he had son Jeff and daughter Kim, Brinkley married his second wife, Marge. He soon adopted his two stepchildren: supermodel Christie Brinkley and her brother, Greg.

Don Brinkley died on July 14, 2012, at the age of 91, in Sag Harbor, New York. He was survived by his wife, Marge; children Jeff and Kim; stepchildren Greg and Christie; and several grandchildren.