William Hanley, a Broadway playwright who turned to television and won two Primetime Emmy Awards for his work, died May 25, 2012, in Ridgefield, Connecticut. He was 80.
According to news reports, the cause was complications related to a fall.
Hanley wrote more than two dozen made-for-TV movies and miniseries, including The Long Way Home, The Kennedys of Massachusetts, Something About Amelia and The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank.
The latter two brought Hanley Primetime Emmys for his teleplays. He received six Emmy nominations during his career.
Amelia, which premiered in 1984 on ABC, explored the taboo subject of parental sexual abuse. Ted Danson played a father having an incestuous relationship with his teenage daughter. Glenn Close played the wife and mother in the story.
The Attic told the story of Jewish teenager Anne Frank and her family, who hid in the attic of an Amsterdam office building to avoid capture during the Nazi occupation.
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