Emmy-Winner Larry Auerbach Dies at 91

Emmy Award-winning director Larry Auerbach, famous for soap operas like Love of Life, died today, Dec. 20 in La Jolla, California at age 91.

His son, Scott Auerbach, confirmed that he died of brain cancer complications.

Larry Auerbach directed the CBS soap opera Love of Life for 28 years, having been hired as the show's first director in 1951 and directing most episodes of the show through 1980.

He also directed episodes of All My Children, Another World, and One Life to live and received a daytime Emmy for Outstanding Directing for the latter.

Auerbach served as the vice president for the Directors Guild of America and dubbed an honorary lifetime member in 2004.

The guild released a statement saying,

"Larry worked tirelessly, out of love for his guild and his profession, to ensure better working conditions and stronger protection of creative rights for guild members, and he was instrumental in raising the profile of daytime serial directors, the genre to which he dedicated his career."

Born in the Bronx, Auerbach graduated from Northwestern, and stage-managed TV shows in Chicago such as Studs' Place, Kukla, and Fran & Ollie.

He is survived by his wife Gale and his son Scott.

Photo credit: CBS Television

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