Herman Rush, former head of Columbia Pictures Television and producer of numerous television shows, died. He was 94 years old at the time.

Rush’s daughter Mandie told The Hollywood Reporter that her father died of natural causes on December 12 in Los Angeles.

Rush grew up in a show industry household; his uncle Manie Sacks was Frank Sinatra’s first manager. Rush was born in 1929 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Rush began his career in television in 1951, first as a salesman for Official Film before ascending to several executive positions. Later, in 1957, he purchased Flamingo Films, a television syndication company, and turned it into a major independent syndication business.

For the most of the 1960s and the early 1970s, he was the president of Creative Management Associates’ television section. He was also employed by General Artists Corporation, which is now known as International Creative Management, the agency’s antecedent, and he was essential in the agency’s entrance into television packaging.

He was in responsible of bringing series like The Hollywood Palace, The Jackie Gleason Show, The Kraft Music Hall, and The Perry Como Show on networks.