Garry Marshall, a TV legend, successful film director, and occasional actor, died Tuesday, his publicist confirmed. He was 81, and the given cause of death was complications of pneumonia following a stroke. Marshall, the oldest brother of fellow actor-director Penny Marshall, created Happy Days, Mork & Mindy, The Odd Couple, and other hit TV shows before directing such films as Pretty Woman (1990), The Flamingo Kid (1984), Beaches (1988), and Runaway Bride (1999). During his long career, starting with a joke-writing job for Jack Paar in 1960, Marshall earned five Emmys and a Lifetime Achievement in Television Award from the Producers Guild of America, and he was inducted into the Academy of Television Arts & Science's Hall of Fame in 1997.
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