David L. Wolper, the award-winning television documentary producer best known for the blockbuster TV miniseries “Roots” and for the spectacular opening and closing ceremonies he created for the 1984 ...

The news that David L. Wolper has died prompted more than just a tinge of nostalgia. For someone who grew up watching television in the 1970s and ’80s, it was like watching untold hours of your own ...

David L. Wolper, the groundbreaking producer who made television history with the miniseries “Roots” as well as the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1984 Olympics, died Tuesday of congestive ...

David L. Wolper, an award-winning movie and television producer best known for the groundbreaking mini-series “Roots,” died on Tuesday at his home in Beverly Hills, Calif. He was 82. The cause was ...

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“Roots” producer David L. Wolper was memorialized Tuesday afternoon for a career that spanned nearly a half-century as a visionary and showman. The event was held at Warner Bros. — the studio Wolper ...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — David L. Wolper, whose 1977 miniseries Roots – a generational saga of an American family – became a landmark in television history, has died. He was 82.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — David L. Wolper, whose landmark 1977 miniseries "Roots" engrossed the nation with its saga of an American family descended from an African slave, has died. He was 82.