{"id":304868,"date":"2024-08-06T20:00:26","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T01:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/jay-kanter-dead-at-97-agent-to-marlon-brando-marilyn-monroe"},"modified":"2024-08-06T20:00:48","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T01:00:48","slug":"jay-kanter-dead-at-97-agent-to-marlon-brando-marilyn-monroe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/jay-kanter-dead-at-97-agent-to-marlon-brando-marilyn-monroe","title":{"rendered":"Jay Kanter Lifeless at ninety seven, Agent To Marlon Brando, Marilyn Monroe"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jay Kanter<\/strong>, a legendary film producer and former Hollywood agent to stars like Marlon Brando<\/strong><\/a> and Marilyn Monroe<\/strong><\/a>, is dead.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Jay died Tuesday at his home in Beverly Hills, surrounded by his family … his son, Adam Kanter<\/strong>, confirmed to TMZ.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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We’re told Jay died peacefully from natural causes.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n


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Kanter got a job at a big-time Hollywood agency after World War II … being mentored by late movie mogul Lew Wasserman<\/strong> and working his way up the ladder.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Jay was just 22 years old when he convinced Brando to sign with him. Marlon remained Jay’s client throughout his career and the two were lifelong friends.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Other stars who Jay repped included Marilyn, Warren Beatty<\/strong>, Grace Kelly<\/strong>, Ronald Reagan <\/strong>and Gene Kelly<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Jay ultimately moved into a film producer role and he worked on big pictures like “Alien,” “Blade Runner,” “Thelma and Louise,” plus films in the ‘Star Wars’ and ‘Police Academy’ franchises.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Mel Brooks<\/strong><\/a> was another of Jay’s longtime friends … and they worked together on “Spaceballs,” “Silent Movie,” Young Frankenstein,” “Life Stinks” and “High Anxiety.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Jay was 97.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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RIP<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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