Obituary.(of Bob Williams, columnist for the New York Post)(Brief Article)(Obituary)

Broadcasting & Cable, August, 2001

Bob Williams. longtime TV columnist for the New York Post, died Monday, Aug. 20, at 86. The cause was cancer of the mouth. He was with the Post for 32 years and was thrice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. In 1955, he wrote about the complex psychological problems of many of TV's top comedians and then concentrated on entertainment, becoming the Post's TV columnist in 1957, a position he held for 21 years.

Besides writing the column, he broke many stories, frequently stories of front-page importance, and covered the congressional hearings on various aspects of TV-from sex and violence to payola. He was a major factor in the success of 60 Minutes, which, in its early days, was shifted from time slot to time slot. Whenever the day was changed, Williams...

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