Bruce Paltrow Timeline

Nov. 26, 1943: Bruce Paltrow is born in Brooklyn, New York.

1965: Graduates from Tulane University, where he studied painting.

1969: Blythe Danner plays the wife in Paltrow's off-Broadway play, Someone's Coming Hungry. The two begin a relationship.

Oct. 1970: Marries Blythe Danner.

Sept. 28, 1972:: Daughter Gwyneth Paltrow is born.

1975: Son Jake Paltrow is born.

April 2, 1982: Directs his first feature film, A Little Sex, starring Tim Matheson and Kate Capshaw.

Sept. 1982: The medical drama St. Elsewhere premieres on NBC. Paltrow is executive producer and director of the acclaimed show.

1997: Receives the first Diversity Award from the Directors Guild of America.

Jan. 1 2000: Directs and produces the film Duets starring his daughter, Gwyneth, as well as Scott Speedman, Paul Giamatti, Huey Lewis, and Maria Bello.

Oct. 2, 2002: Bruce Paltrow dies of a heart attack at a hospital in Rome, Italy.