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Events on Saturday 28 June 1975 1
1924 – 1975Rod Serling (1924-1975)Died 28 June 1975, aged 50Rod Serling created and hosted "The Twilight Zone," the anthology series that became a landmark of American television. He was also a prolific screenwriter who won multiple Emmy Awards. He died of complications from heart surgery in Rochester, New York.