Donald Ross (1942 – 2018) was an American television screenwriter and producer, known for writing television shows such as The Love Boat, Murder, She Wrote and Hart to Hart.
[1] In a career spanning over 30 years, Ross wrote primarily for television; including variety shows, comedies and dramas: This is Tom Jones, Dinah!, Diff'rent Strokes, The Love Boat, Matlock and Murder, She Wrote, for which he wrote the final episode.
[2] A lifelong fan of jazz music, Ross produced and wrote material for the Timex All-Star Swing Festival (1972); which won the Peabody and Christopher Award.
[3] He met his wife Patti Deutsch during her early improv years.
[3] He bequeathed his entire jazz collection to the ARChive of Contemporary Music.