Herman Rush dies at 94: Ex-Columbia Pictures Television president was key in bringing Norman Lear’s All in the Family to the screen

Longtime TV producer Herman Rush has died of natural causes at the age of 94.

Rush, who was once president of Columbia Pictures Television, died on December 12 in Los Angeles. Deadline reported Wednesday.

Rush was instrumental in bringing the iconic TV series All in the Family to market in the late 1960s, when he purchased a number of intellectual properties from Britain's Lord Lew Grade.

The sitcom Till Death Us Do Part, acquired in the purchase, was then sold to Norman Lear, who adapted it into All in the Family. Lear himself died earlier this month at the age of 101.

All in the Family aired on CBS from 1971 to 1979, starring the late Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton, as well as Sally Struthers and Rob Reiner. A total of 207 episodes aired and won 22 Primetime Emmy awards over its nine seasons.