Jack Rosenthal: Award-Winning British Screenwriter Dies at 72

Jack Rosenthal was an English playwright and screenwriter. Born on September 8, 1931, in Cheetham, Manchester, he began writing for Coronation Street in the early 1960s.

Rosenthal wrote 129 early episodes of Coronation Street and over 150 screenplays. He won BAFTA awards for The Evacuees, Bar Mitzvah Boy and Spend, Spend, Spend. He co-wrote the screenplay for Yentl (1983) with Barbra Streisand, and he was appointed CBE in 1994.

Rosenthal was married to actress Maureen Lipman from 1973, and they had two children. He was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2002. He died at a hospice in north London on May 29, 2004, at age 72.

Achievements: Three BAFTAs, CBE (1994), co-writer of Yentl.

Birth: September 8, 1931 - Cheetham, Manchester, England.

Profession: Screenwriter and playwright.

Interesting Facts: A street in Manchester was named Jack Rosenthal Street in 2015.