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Leonard Levinson
American radio writer and author (1904–1974)
Leonard Louis Levinson (March 2, 1904 - January 30, 1974)[1] was an American radio writer and author.
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Early years
Levinson was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,[1] the son of Naimon and Sophie Levinson. He had two brothers, Stanley and Robert M. Levinson.[2] While a student at Fifth Avenue High School in Pittsburgh, he was a star in baseball, ice hockey, and track, accumulating 13 sports letters.
He also was president of the literary and debate organizations and business manager of the school publication. After high school, he studied radio engineering at Carnegie Tech and followed that with a study of drama at the University of Pittsburgh.[3] He later attended the University of California at Los Angeles and worked at a newspaper while he was enrolled there .[4]
Career
In 1925 Levinson opened a publicity and advertising bureau in Los Angeles to "specialize i