Reply #41: R.I.P. Aaron Russo, Music Manager, Film Producer Dies at 64 [View All]

[mojavekid]

http://film.guardian.co.uk/apnews/story/0,,-6876096,00.html

thought some here might want to know..


LOS ANGELES (AP) - Aaron Russo, who managed Bette Midler and went on to produce such films as ``Trading Places,'' has died. He was 64.

Russo died from cancer before dawn on Friday, surrounded by family at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, said Heidi Gregg, his girlfriend of more than two decades. Russo had been battling the disease for nearly six years, she said.

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Russo was also a long time political activist, making an unsuccessful run for Nevada governor as a Republican in 1998. In January 2004, Russo declared his candidacy for the Libertarian Party's presidential nomination but lost.

In 2006, Russo finished work on a documentary titled ``America: Freedom to Fascism,'' which was billed as an expose of the Internal Revenue Service.

``He was an absolutely amazing man,'' said Ilona Urban, his press secretary. ``He was pointed and once he knew there was a direction to go, you couldn't get him to turn left or right. He was very committed. ``

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