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Mary-Ellis Bunim (July 9, 1946 – January 29, 2004) was an American television producer and co-creator of MTV's The Real World and Road Rules.
Feb 3, 2004 · Mary-Ellis Bunim, a producer who helped bring television into the age of reality with ''The Real World'' and whose latest hit series was ''The Simple Life,'' died here on Thursday. She was 57.
Jun 15, 2024 · One floor downstairs, in the control room for the first season of MTV’s “The Real World,” the show’s co-creators, Jon Murray and Mary-Ellis Bunim, gazed at a bank of live-feed monitors in...
Jan 31, 2004 · Television producer Mary-Ellis Bunim, who is widely regarded as the “mother of reality television,” died Thursday of cancer, according to her publicist. She was 57.
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Feb 22, 2004 · Bunim -- who died on Jan. 29 of breast cancer at the age of 57 -- was the irascible mother of reality television: a woman who conquered the soap opera world, then built a second...
Feb 2, 2004 · Company co-founder, Mary-Ellis Bunim, 57, succumbed to cancer Thursday, preceded by two days by one of her top lieutenants, Bonnie Bogard, 47, who also died of cancer. Bogard was Bunim-Murray’s vice president of creative affairs. Bunim founded Bunim-Murray with partner Jonathan Murray.
Mary-Ellis Bunim (1946-2004) was a TV producer and writer, known for Road Rules, The Real World, The Challenge and more. She created and executive produced many reality shows and won a Primetime Emmy for her work.
