Jerry Weintraub

Jerome Charles "Jerry" Weintraub (September 26, 1937 – July 6, 2015) was an American talent agent, concert promoter, movie producer and chairman and CEO of United Artists.
Weintraub was born in Brooklyn and raised in the Bronx. For some time, Weintraub worked at MCA Records.
His career began as a talent agent in 1974. He was known for managing many singers such as John Denver, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Neil Diamond, Bob Dylan, and the rock group Led Zeppelin.
He also produced movies, including: "Nashville" (1975), "Diner" (1982), "The Karate Kid" (1984), and the 2001 remake of "Ocean's Eleven" (2001). In 2014 he won an Emmy Award as co-producer of "Years of Living Dangerously," a television documentary about global warming. In 2011, HBO broadcast a television documentary about Weintraub's life, called "His Way".
In 1965, Weintraub married Jane Morgan, who was 13 years older than Weintraub. Together, they had four children.
Weintraub died in Santa Barbara, California from a heart attack at the age of 77.