Eminem could be the next artist to achieve an EGOT status following his win at the 2022 Creative Arts Emmy Awards. Slim Shady became an Emmy award winner when the Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show won for Outstanding Variety Special.
15.08.2022 - 22:23 / variety.com
Carson Burton Bill Robinson, a veteran talent agent who represented the likes of Robert Duvall, Alan Arkin and Carol Burnett, died on Aug. 6 in Malibu after a long illness, his family announced. He was 93 years old.“I knew Bill for many, many years…since 1959,” Burnett said.
“We met while I was doing the ‘Gary Moore Show.’ Later on, he became my manager when I was doing my show. But not just my manager. He was one of my closest friends in the world.
I loved him very much… and I will miss him.”Over the years, Robinson has represented Judith Anderson, Tony Bill, Peter Falk, James Garner, Glenda Jackson, Waylon Jennings, Jayne Mansfield and Maggie Smith, among others. He also gave Mike Medavoy, currently the chairman and CEO of Phoenix Pictures as well as former chairman of Tri-Star Pictures, his first job as an agent. Robinson got his start as an agent in the MCA mail room, where he apprenticed under Lew Wasserman.
He quickly moved up the ranks, getting promoted to a talent agent and representing small-time musicians. Eventually, the agent jumped to the Kurt Frings Agency, where he represented Audrey Hepburn. Before Robinson later went independent, he also held a role at the Ashley-Famous Agency, where he built a reputation as a stellar agent.Robinson was born in New Bedford, Mass., in 1929.
His family moved to Los Angeles when he was 16 and after graduating from high school he worked as a dress salesman. After a stint in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, Robinson returned home and got a job at NBC.
Eminem could be the next artist to achieve an EGOT status following his win at the 2022 Creative Arts Emmy Awards. Slim Shady became an Emmy award winner when the Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show won for Outstanding Variety Special.
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Bill Robinson, a talent agent and manager who represented stars like Carol Burnett, Robert Duvall, Maggie Smith, and Audrey Hepburn, has died. He was 92.