[78-L] Obit: Berle Adams

[Cary Ginell]

Per The Hollywood Reporter...Berle Adams, a longtime music industry executive and manager, talent agent and renown international television sales agent, died Tuesday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles following a long illness. He was 92.
Adams helped build the career of music legend Louis Jordan, booked road dates for Glenn Miller and Nat King Cole, founded Mercury Records, signed the Who, Neil Diamond and Bob Newhart and was the driving force behind TV hits "This Is Your Life" and "Queen for a Day."
He served as the agent for Jack Benny, Dinah Shore, Bud Yorkin and Norman Lear and Alfred Hitchcock during his two-decade stint with Lew Wasserman at MCA.

Cary Ginell
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