Alan W. Livingston, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alan W. Livingston

American businessman

Date of Birth: 15-Oct-1917

Place of Birth: McDonald, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 13-Mar-2009

Profession: writer, composer, record producer, lyricist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Alan Wendell Livingston (born Alan Wendell Levison; October 15, 1917 – March 13, 2009) was an American businessman best known for his tenures at Capitol Records, first as a writer/producer best known for creating Bozo the Clown for a series of record-album and illustrative read-along children's book sets.
As Vice-President in charge of Programming at NBC, in 1959 he oversaw the development and launch of the network's most successful television series, Bonanza.