Larry Brezner

[2] In the same year he joined the company of Rollins & Charles H. Joffe with Buddy Morra and was their partner in the late 1970s.

His first wife was the singer Melissa Manchester; they met when she performed at his club, and Brezner managed her career during their seven-year marriage.

Brezner also managed the careers of artists such as Billy Crystal, Robin Williams, Martin Short, Bette Midler and many other comedic talents.

This was followed by Good Morning, Vietnam, The 'Burbs, and The Vanishing "Krippendorf's Tribe", "The Greatest Game".

[5] He died in Duarte, California in October 2015 from leukemia, which was diagnosed a few months earlier.