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The New York-born exec got his start as a music manager and promoter, at one time working for John Denver (hence him producing the Denver-George Burns comedy Oh, God!) and promoting concerts for the likes of Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Neil Diamond and Led Zeppelin.

Along with Oh, God!, one of his first big-screen producing credits was the Robert Altman-directed Nashville in 1975.



In 2007, he had his hand and footprints immortalized in cement at what is now Hollywood's TCL Chinese Theatre alongside Ocean's Eleven stars George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Matt Damon.

"In the coming days there will be tributes, about our friend Jerry Weintraub," Clooney said in a statement obtained by E! News. "We'll laugh at his great stories, and applaud his accomplishments. And in the years to come the stories and accomplishments will get better with age, just as Jerry would have wanted it. But not today. Today our friend died. To his family and friends, Amal and I send our love. And to those who didn't know him we send our deepest sympathy. You would have loved him."