Alan "Buz" Kohan (born August 9, 1933) is an American television writer, producer and composer. Kohan was born to a Jewish family in the Bronx, New York City the son of Charles (b. 1902) and May Kohan. His father was in the leotard business and his mother was a housewife.After working in New York, in 1967, Kohan was offered work on The Carol Burnett Show,relocating to Los Angeles.[4]As a television producer, he produced many television specials, including Bing Crosby's Christmas Show (1970), Perry Como's Winter Show (1971), The Arthur GodfreySpecial (1972), The Keane Brothers Show, Gene Kelly: An American in Pasadena(1978), and Shirley MacLaine: Illusions(1982).
As a writer, he wrote special material for Night of One Hundred Stars, produced at Radio City Music Hall, New York City in 1982, and also (with Marvin Hamlisch, Christopher Adler, and Larry Grossman) Shirley MacLaine on Broadway, produced at Gershwin Theatre, New York City, in 1984. He wrote songs with (and for) his dear friend, singer-entertainer Michael Jackson, such as "You were there" (a tribute to Sammy Davis Jr sung by Jackson), "Gone too soon" (wrote during the early 80's, recorded later for the Dangerous album released in 1991 of Jackson, as a tribute to Ryan White), Scared of the moon (A rare song from 1985, sung by Michael Jackson, released in 2004 by Sony Music), and Make a wish, a never heard song wrote by Kohan and sung by Jackson, for the Steven Spielberg version of Peter Pan, Hook.
Net Worth:Buz Kohan Net Worth: $100 Million
Buz Kohan's Income / Salary:Per Year: $20 Million
Per Month: $2 Million
Per Week: $500,000
| Per Day: | Per Hour: | Per Minute: | Per Second: |
| $70,000 | $3,000 | $50 | $1.00 |
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