Alvin Cooperman, television producer
NEW YORK -- Alvin Cooperman, a television producer and executive at the Shubert Organization, owner of more than a dozen New York theaters, died Friday. He was 83.
Mr. Cooperman's wife, Marilyn, told The
Born in Brooklyn, Alvin Cooperman began working for the Shubert Organization as an office boy at age 16. In 1951, he got a job as a production manager for NBC.
Mr. Cooperman later went back to work for the Shubert Organization, where he booked shows for the 22 theaters the company then had in New York and elsewhere.
He was rehired by NBC in 1967 to be vice president of special programs, but the next year was named executive vice president and director at Madison Square Garden.
In October 1969, Mr. Cooperman started the Madison Square Garden Network to carry events at the venue, making it one of the first regional sports networks of its kind.
