The Life of Comedienne and Actress Carol Burnett

In 1991, television producer Joe Hamilton died of cancer in Los Angeles at the age of sixty-three. Hamilton had been married to her for more than twenty years and played a significant role in producing The Carol Burnett Show during its long television run.

Although they had divorced several years earlier, his death marked the passing of an important figure in her personal and professional life. Hamilton had helped shape many of the television projects that defined her career during the 1960s and 1970s.