Jeff Wald, longtime manager, producer and boxing promoter, died on Friday in Los Angeles. He was 77. Wald’s death was confirmed to Variety by his daughter Traci Wald. A cause of death was not…
Wald’s death was confirmed to “To the very end, he was laughing and fighting for the life he lived with epic proportions in every way,” Traci Wald Donat wrote. “He was surrounded by the family he loved so much and the music that was the soundtrack to his life of eternal optimism. We are heartbroken by the loss of our husband, father, friend and fierce advocate for women’s rights and justice for all.
In the 1970s and ’80s, Wald dealt with a serious cocaine problem. After overdosing in 1986 and attending the Betty Ford Center, Wald remained sober for the remainder of his life.told the Hollywood Reporter In 1975, Wald began to construct his own management company, attracting high-profile clients such as Miles Davis, David Crosby,, Marvin Gaye, Elliott Gould, Donna Summer, Roseanne Barr and Mike Tyson. In 1986, he became president of the “The Gong Show” game show production company Barris Industries, which became the Guber-Peters Entertainment Company shortly before Sony acquired the studio in 1989.
In the late 1990s, Wald and Irving Azoff partnered to promoted George Foreman’s last two fights as well as fights with Sergio Mora and others.
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