Show business manager Jack Rollins has died

[Barton_Keyes]

Jack Rollins, the longtime manager of comedians including Woody Allen, David Letterman, Robert Klein and the late Robin Williams, has died. He was 100.

 

Rollins is especially noted for his collaborations with Allen and Letterman. He has been credited as a producer on virtually all of Woody Allen's films, ranging from TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN (1969) to IRRATIONAL MAN (2015). Rollins was also the executive producer of Late Night with David Letterman from 1983 to 1991.

 

The Los Angeles Times remembers Rollins here: http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-ln-jack-rollins-dies-at-100-legendary-manager-20150618-story.html.

[Movie Collector OH]

Jack Rollins, the longtime manager of comedians including Woody Allen, David Letterman, Robert Klein and the late Robin Williams, has died. He was 100.

 

Rollins is especially noted for his collaborations with Allen and Letterman. He has been credited as a producer on virtually all of Woody Allen's films, ranging from TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN (1969) to IRRATIONAL MAN (2015). Rollins was also the executive producer of Late Night with David Letterman from 1983 to 1991.

 

The Los Angeles Times remembers Rollins here: http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-ln-jack-rollins-dies-at-100-legendary-manager-20150618-story.html.

 

Back during Letterman's years when his shows were more levity-oriented and less politically oriented.  Levity is a good thing for movies and TV, politics not so much...