Marc Berman is a New York-based reporter who covers media. Admit it...you watched, and enjoyed Donny and Marie. I know I did. And Friday nights have never been the same without them. Nor will Las ...

Well, sort of. In the late 1970s, this dynamic sibling pop duo charmed audiences with their hit variety television show, Donny and Marie, which graced ABC from January 1976 to May 1979.

Marty Krofft, the TV producer known for imaginative children's shows such as H.R. Pufnstuf and primetime hits including Donny & Marie in the 1970s, has died in Los Angeles, his publicist said.