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His television series, ''Behind Closed Doors'', is a unique 26-episode program set during the [[Cold War]] hosted by and occasionally starring Bruce Gordon (1916-2011) in the role of Commander Matson. The series focuses on how the former [[Soviet Union]] stole [[United States|American]] missile secrets and proposes steps to prevent further [[espionage]]. ''Behind Closed Doors'' is based on Zacharias files in naval intelligence and his war-time experiences. He offers comments at the conclusion of each segment.<ref>Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, ''The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, 1946–Present,'' [[New York City]]: Ballantine Press, 1992, p. 79.</ref> Before he appeared on ''Behind Closed Doors'', Zacharias had also narrated a radio series entitled ''Secret Missions''.<ref name=obit/> The titles of both programs were taken from books that he had written.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abaa.org/books/36048965.html|title=''Secret Missions; The Story of an Intelligence Officer''|publisher=abaa.org/books|accessdate=October 7, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Behind-Closed-Doors/Ellis-M-Zacharias/e/9780548446171|title=''Behind Closed Doors: The Secret History of the Cold War''|publisher=barnesandnoble.com|accessdate=October 7, 2009}}</ref>
His television series, ''Behind Closed Doors'', is a unique 26-episode program set during the [[Cold War]] hosted by and occasionally starring Bruce Gordon (1916-2011) in the role of Commander Matson. The series focuses on how the former [[Soviet Union]] stole [[United States|American]] missile secrets and proposes steps to prevent further [[espionage]]. ''Behind Closed Doors'' is based on Zacharias files in naval intelligence and his war-time experiences. He offers comments at the conclusion of each segment.<ref>Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, ''The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, 1946–Present,'' [[New York City]]: Ballantine Press, 1992, p. 79.</ref> Before he appeared on ''Behind Closed Doors'', Zacharias had also narrated a radio series entitled ''Secret Missions''.<ref name=obit/> The titles of both programs were taken from books that he had written.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abaa.org/books/36048965.html|title=''Secret Missions; The Story of an Intelligence Officer''|publisher=abaa.org/books|accessdate=October 7, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Behind-Closed-Doors/Ellis-M-Zacharias/e/9780548446171|title=''Behind Closed Doors: The Secret History of the Cold War''|publisher=barnesandnoble.com|accessdate=October 7, 2009}}</ref>
Zacharias retired from the U.S. Navy in 1946 after thirty-four years of service as the result of a heart seizure. He died at his home in West Springfield, [[New Hampshire]], at the age of seventy-one of complications from another heart seizure. He was interred on July 3, 1961, at [[Arlington National Cemetery]] in Arlington, [[Virginia]].
Zacharias retired from the U.S. Navy in 1946 after thirty-four years of service as the result of a heart seizure. He died at his home in West Springfield, [[New Hampshire]], at the age of seventy-one of complications from another heart seizure. He was interred on July 3, 1961, at [[Arlington National Cemetery]] in Arlington, [[Virginia]]. His wife, the former Clara Evans Miller (1897-1992), is interred with him in Arlington. At the time of her death, she was living in Falls Church, Virginia. Their two sons, Ellis M. Zacharias, Jr. (1926-2006) and Jerrold M. Zacharias (1927-2020), were both Naval Academy graduates. Ellis, a [[business|man]],<ref>{{cite web|date=January 4, 1989|title=Tulsa Library plans series on Travels with Tulsans|url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/archives/tulsa-library-plans-series-on-travels-with-tulsans/article_dfa9fc5c-3470-5afa-8797-96661be9ff99.html |publisher=''The Tulsa World''|accessdate=November 12, 2013}}</ref> [[Invention|inventor]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.patentbuddy.com/Inventor/Zacharias-Jr-Ellis-M/8688135 | title=Ellis M Zacharias Jr Inventor | date=May 8, 1992 | website=PatentBuddy | accessdate=November 12, 2013}}</ref> and avid amateur [[photographer]], died in [[Tulsa]], [[Oklahoma]], at the age of eighty.<ref>{{cite web |date=April 20, 2006|title=ZACHARIAS – Ellis M Jr | url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/archives/zacharias----ellis-m-jr/article_9236a27a-7e01-5cec-a21d-3169ea2fdfc3.html |publisher=''The Tulsa World''| accessdate=November 12, 2013}}</ref> Jerrold Matthew Zacharias (1927-2020),<ref>CPT Jerrold Matthew “Zack” Zacharias Sr. (1927-2020) - Find a Grave Memorial, accessed April 14, 2022.</ref> also a career Navy man, received the Navy Cross as a pilot in Vietnam.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.navalaviationmuseum.org/archive/nfl/nflshow.php?id=2448 | title=CAPT JERROLD M. ZACHARIAS, USN | publisher=Naval Aviation Museum Foundation, Inc. | accessdate=November 12, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.epnaao.com/BIOS_files/REGULARS/Zacharias-%20Jerrold%20M.pdf | title=Jerrold M. Zacharias, Captain, USN (Ret.) | website=The Golden Eagles Roost | publisher=The Golden Eagles | accessdate=November 12, 2013}}</ref>
His wife, the former Clara Evans Miller (1897-1992), is interred with him in Arlington.
At the time of her death, she was living in Falls Church, Virginia. Their two sons, Ellis M. Zacharias, Jr. and Jerrold M. Zacharias, were both Naval Academy graduates. Ellis (February 1, 1926 – April 17, 2006), a [[Businessperson|businessman]],<ref>{{cite web|date=January 4, 1989|title=Tulsa Library plans series on Travels with Tulsans | url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/archives/tulsa-library-plans-series-on-travels-with-tulsans/article_dfa9fc5c-3470-5afa-8797-96661be9ff99.html |publisher=''The Tulsa World | location=Tulsa, Oklahoma | accessdate=November 12, 2013}}</ref> [[Invention|inventor]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.patentbuddy.com/Inventor/Zacharias-Jr-Ellis-M/8688135 | title=Ellis M Zacharias Jr Inventor | date=May 8, 1992 | website=PatentBuddy | accessdate=November 12, 2013}}</ref> and avid amateur [[photographer]], died in [[Tulsa]], [[Oklahoma]], at the age of eighty.<ref>{{cite web |date=April 20, 2006|title=ZACHARIAS – Ellis M Jr | url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/archives/zacharias----ellis-m-jr/article_9236a27a-7e01-5cec-a21d-3169ea2fdfc3.html |publisher=''The Tulsa World''| accessdate=November 12, 2013}}</ref> Jerrold Matthew Zacharias (1927-2020),<ref>CPT Jerrold Matthew “Zack” Zacharias Sr. (1927-2020) - Find a Grave Memorial, accessed April 14, 2022.</ref> also a career Navy man, received the Navy Cross as a pilot in Vietnam.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.navalaviationmuseum.org/archive/nfl/nflshow.php?id=2448 | title=CAPT JERROLD M. ZACHARIAS, USN | publisher=Naval Aviation Museum Foundation, Inc. | accessdate=November 12, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.epnaao.com/BIOS_files/REGULARS/Zacharias-%20Jerrold%20M.pdf | title=Jerrold M. Zacharias, Captain, USN (Ret.) | website=The Golden Eagles Roost | publisher=The Golden Eagles | accessdate=November 12, 2013}}</ref>
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