Updated On: 13 November, 2022 09:04 AM IST | Washington | ANI
Eustis wrote episodes of various television programs, including "Scrubs," "Tall Hopes," "Eye to Eye," and others. Before teaming up with creative partner Elias, he began his career in television writing for performers Dean Martin and John Denver on variety shows

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Co-creator of the 1986 ABC sitcom `Head of the Class` and Emmy-winning screenwriter Richard Eustis passed away on October 30 in Thousand Oaks, California, at the age of 86.
According to Variety, together with writer and director Michael Elias, Eustis made up one-half of the creative duo Eustis and Elias, which produced the high school sitcom, which had five seasons from 1986 to 1991. The program followed a group of talented high school students participating in the Individualized Honors Program at Millard Fillmore High School, a fictional high school in Manhattan played by Howard Hesseman.