Emmy-winning sitcom writer Earl Pomerantz was a keen observer of life’s absurdities

“Americans behave like there was a contest for Best Country and they retired the award in 1945.” Mr. Pomerantz, who died March 7 of an aneurysm at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, was a resident of Santa Monica. He leaves his wife, the former Myra Yoelin; daughters Anna Pomerantz and Rachel Braude; three ...