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Lew Wasserman

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The Resume

    (March 22, 1913-June 3, 2002)
    Born in Cleveland, Ohio
    Birth name is Louis Robert Wasserman
    CEO of Music Corporation of America (MCA)
    Sold MCA to the Matsushita Electric Industrial Company of Japan in 1990
    Represented Bette Davis and Ronald Reagan

Why he might be annoying:

    He had ties to the Mafia in Hollywood.
    He was a skilled tax evader.
    He basically bankrolled Tony Curtis' movie career.
    He used his influence in Hollywood to get Ronald Reagan choice movie roles (despite his mediocre acting skills).
    Reagan apparently blocked a probe into Wasserman's alleged mafia ties as a return favor when he became President.
    He said: 'At age forty-four, Ted Williams is an old man for baseball, and at forty I'm an old man for the agency business.' (He was forty-seven at the time).
    He allegedly made Shirley Temple Black cry after firing her for outgrowing child star roles (according to her autobiography).

Why he might not be annoying:

    He started out as a movie theater usher.
    He made Ronald Reagan a movie star.
    He mentored Steven Spielberg.
    He pushed successfully for the Academy to bestow two separate awards to war hero Harold Russell (Honorary and Best Supporting) for his performance in 'Best Years of Our Lives.')
    Although a close personal friend of Reagan, he was a Democrat, and a very early political backer of Bill Clinton.
    His 50th wedding anniversary celebration was a star-studded event that drew 700 guests (including Johnny Carson, Audrey Hepburn, and Charlton Heston).
    He was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame (1996).
    He and Jack Valenti essentially ran Hollywood throughout the 1970's and 80's.

Credit: BoyWiththeGreenHair


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 24 Votes: 29.17% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 27 Votes: 51.85% Annoying