Merv Adelson

Biography

Mervyn Lee Adelson(October 23, 1929 – September 8, 2015) was an American real estate developer and television producer who co-founded Lorimar Television. Adelson was born to a Jewish family in Los Angeles on October 23, 1929, to Nathan and Pearl Adelson (née Swartz). His parents were the children of immigrants from Russia who had settled in Nebraska. When he was a child, he worked in a grocery store run by his family.