Alan W Livingston

American businessman best known for his tenures at Capitol Records, first as a writer/producer who created Bozo the Clown for a series of record-album and illustrative read-along childrens book sets beginning in 1946. His record-reader concept, which enabled children to read and follow a story in pictures while listening to it, was the first of its kind. He was also officially credited as the inspiration for the distinctive Capitol Records Tower, completed in April 1956, noted for being the first circular office building in the world. As Vice-President in charge of Programming at NBC, in 1959 he oversaw the development and launch of the networks most successful television series, Bonanza. His first two marriages, one to actress Betty Hutton, ended in divorce. Livingstons third and final marriage was to actress Nancy Olson, whose film credits include Sunset Boulevard (1950) and The Absent-Minded Professor (1961). He had a daughter and a son, and two step daughters. Alan W. Livingston died on 13 March 2009 at age 91 after a series of mini-strokes at his home in Beverly Hills, California. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less