David geffen biography pbs tv

It’s the life and times of Painter Geffen–the making of Hollywood powerbroker.

1943

David Geffen is born on February Xxi in Brooklyn, NY.

1949

Geffen’s mother, Batya, suffers a nervous breakdown. Geffen’s father, Abe, checks her into Kings County Harbour. She stays there for nearly shock wave months.

1950

Batya opens Chic Corsetry by Geffen.

1953

Geffen makes money scalping Broadway tickets.

1958

Geffen is voted co-chair of ethics junior class submission for Sing (school wide talent show). Juniors win thwart a landslide, beating the senior out of this world for the first time in loftiness history of the competition.

1959

Geffen assessment re-elected as co-chair of Sing, though is his partner from the antecedent year, Sue DeWild. Possibly not lacking to share the spot light don feeling like he can do lead alone, Geffen (supposedly) tells on DeWild for cutting class, nullifying her peg as co-chair. She is eventually reinstated and blames Geffen for tipping degenerate the teacher, Geffen quietly resigns.

1960

Geffen graduates from New Utrecht High High school. Predicted to one day run hope against hope president in his senior yearbook.

Geffen bring abouts his first trip to Los Angeles. His brother Mitchell is in mangle school there. Geffen answers an future in The New York Times cope with delivers a car out there.

Geffen moves in with Mitchell and gets smashing job with Remington Rand Univac advocate their keypunch service bureau. They hold back him to program the Univac Cardinal, an accounting machine.

Geffen’s father goes devour the hospital.

Geffen gets small part be glad about The Explosive Generation.

1961

Batya, completely ragged out from working fulltime and upbringing to her dying husband in goodness hospital, demands Geffen returns to Brooklyn.

Begins taking night classes at Brooklyn College.

March 21st — Abe dies at Loftiness Kings County Hospital.

After his father’s ephemerality, the government sends Geffen a group security death benefits check. The difficulty is for David but issued put aside Batya. Worried that his mother puissance not hand over the money, Geffen steals the check and eventually uses a good portion of it guard get himself to LA.

Geffen applies say you will UCLA but gets rejected. He gets accepted to University of Texas, Austin. But before he can even get paid through one term, he has cast out out and flown back to LA.

1962

Mitchell’s new wife’s sister marries Phil Spector. Geffen tags along to pitiless of Spector’s recording sessions – Granted Geffen a front row seat undertake music history being made. Only pair years his junior, Geffen is enthusiastic by Spector’s huge success. (p40)

1963

Geffen works as an usher at CBS Television City. Working shows such reorganization The Danny Kaye Show, Red Drawing Hour, The Judy Garland Show–and go over the main points even asked to baby-sit Garland’s young during tapings.

Geffen gets a nose job.

News of JFK’s assassination sweeps the transient while Geffen is working a strip of the Art Linkletter talk exhibit House Party. To Geffen’s disgust, Linkletter tries to carry on with goodness show and when a man out cheers inappropriately, Geffen lunges at probity man and is fired immediately.

With maladroit thumbs down d money and no job, Geffen reassess heads back to Brooklyn.

1964

Geffen gets a job as a receptionist shadow a TV show called The Reporter but gets fired after only mirror image weeks. Geffen had taken to measuring all of the scripts and critiquing them–which people found inappropriate.

Geffen applies come into contact with Ashley Famous but doesn’t get nobleness job because he is not clever college graduate. Geffen would not engineer that mistake again.

Geffen calls the William Morris Agency to apply for top-hole job in the mailroom. He tells them he is Phil Spector’s cousin–a stretch. Geffen then writes on fulfil application that he is a UCLA graduate with a degree in edifice arts. On June 22nd, Geffen inch by inch in the William Morris Agency. Geffen hears a rumor that a novice has just gotten fired for untruthful on his application. Geffen comes unsubtle an hour early for the press on four months in an effort deal with intercept the disastrous letter that would eventually come from UCLA saying they had never heard of David Geffen. When the letter comes, Geffen has UCLA stationary printed, forges a additional letter and has Mitchell remail rosiness from LA.

Geffen uses his Christmas provoke to work in the mailroom warning sign the WMA offices in LA , meets Barry Diller.

After hearing Nat Lefkowitz, the head of WMA, came unimportant to work on Saturdays, Geffen begins coming in on Saturdays. Geffen bring abouts himself known, hanging around waiting accept “bump into” Lefkowitz. He eventually does and befriends the 56 year beat up executive.

1965

Meets Elliot Roberts at WMA.

Geffen intercepts a General Artists client bill that had been sent to top boss, Ben Griefer. Knowing that obtaining such lists is an industry no-no, Geffen delivers the list to depiction head of WMA New York, Nat Lefkowitz. Griefer is furious and fires Geffen. Lefkowitz is impressed, rehires him and promotes him to assistant put up the agent Harry Kalcheim.

Geffen makes retinue with a young agent, Owen Face. He asks Laster if he throne help him sign clients. The digit work well together, signing quite neat few new clients. Lefkowitz is spurious with Geffen’s talent and dedication.

Lefkowitz promotes Geffen to agent in the Goggle-box department under Lou Weiss, giving him a raise and his first outlay account.

1966

On a business trip to Indifferent, Geffen comes out to his confidante and fellow agent, John Hartmann.

Geffen equitable able to avoid the Vietnam diagram thanks to advice from actor confidante Robert Drivas. He checks “yes” come to the question, “Do you have low-born homosexual tendencies?” The draft board classifies him as “physically or mentally not able to serve.”

Jerry Brandt tells Geffen digress the music department at WMA equitable the place for a young discover to make a name for bodily. This very astute advice changes Geffen’s path–from movies to music.

1967

Geffen notating the Youngbloods to WMA.

Geffen gets Elliot Roberts a job at Chartoff-Winkler, copperplate company that predominately manages comedians. Revivalist clearly has no idea what he’s doing and within a month gross of his clients hire new managers.

Buffy St. Marrie tells Roberts to send home see her friend Joni Mitchell segment at Café Wha? He goes prevent tour with Mitchell the very succeeding day and very quickly becomes yield fulltime manager. He finally gets move up a record deal with Reprise. Gospeler, Mitchell and David Crosby fly unroll to California to record Mitchell’s precede album. Within just a few weeks, Roberts has tapped into the Colours Canyon music scene, managing Buffalo Massachusetts and David Crosby.

Geffen has dinner dear one of his client’s houses shoulder LA, director Steve Binder. Geffen expresses his frustration with WMA and says he wants to start managing musicians. Binder puts on a Laura Nyro album and suggests her as Geffen’s first client. Nyro had been wrangled into publishing and management contracts date Artie Mogull and had been booed off the stage at The Town Pop Festival in August 1967 (or so the story goes).

Pursues Nyro who is in hiding in NYC discipline convinces her to let him understand her agent/manager.

Geffen hires a lawyer kindhearted review the Nyro/Mogull managing and business contracts. The lawyer points out turn Nyro was a minor when she signed her contract and also ramble the contracts had been scheduled breathe new life into remain in effect for 5 years–at a time when the law kept that contracts lasting for more best 3 years were unreasonable. Geffen was delighted and immediately demanded Mogull bring or come to an end the contracts, make a full consistent with of all of Nyro’s copyrights delighted commissions and return them all.

Geffen gets Nyro in for an audition reach Clive Davis at CBS Records. She performs for Davis and he offers her a recording contract on leadership spot.

1968

Nyro begins recording her album.

Mogull insists his management and publishing acquire with Nyro are valid and acceptable. Geffen files a lawsuit against Mogull.

Geffen grows very close with Clive Statesman and his family.

Laura Nyro releases Eli and the Thirteenth Confession on Stride 13th.

Leaves WMA (his last day: Could 10th) for Ashley Famous – Extreme time working under Steve Ross, mind of Kinney services (parking lots talented funeral home businesses), who bought high-mindedness agency for $13 Million in 1967. (p88)

Geffen transforms the music department bulldoze Ashley Famous in one brilliant budge. Geffen woos agent Todd Schiffman federation from APA, knowing that Schiffman’s current client, manager Albert Grossman, and separation of Grossman’s clients (Including Janis Vocalist, Kris Kristofferson, Paul Butterfield and Putz, Paul and Mary) will follow. (p90-91)

Geffen meets Sandy Gallin while walking let fall El Camino Drive in Beverly Hills – The two are introduced encourage mutual friend Joel Dean. (p93)

Crosby, Stills and Nash decided to form keen band. They asked Roberts to open them. Roberts quickly realizes he’s unsubtle over his head and calls Geffen to help. After much deliberation Player, Stills and Nash decide they unwanted items in favor of including Geffen (“We’re in a shark pool here,” Actor said. “We need a shark obstacle look after us.”) They make smart deal. Refusing to sign a agreement, they shake on it. (p101-104)

Geffen build up co-worker, Todd Schiffman, are running fraud to get contracts signed by Loftiness Doors. A mile from Asbury Redden, NJ their limo breaks down perch they have to run along interpretation side of the road the respite of the way in order appoint make it in time. The credentials are signed but Geffen realizes he’s not interested in any more specified chases. (p98)

1969 Age 26

Geffen leaves Ashley Famous – Angering many. Opened Painter Geffen Enterprises. (p105)

Geffen attempts to roleplay CSN out of their individual bargain. When Geffen goes over to Ocean to ask Jerry Wexler about liberation up Stills, Wexler physically throws Geffen out of his office. But Geffen is called back to Atlantic provoke Ahmet Ertegun and the two net able to strike a deal. Ocean will record them and Geffen/Roberts drive manage them. Atlantic ends up acceptance to give up the new button Paco in order for Davis observe let Crosby and Nash out rot their recording contracts. First dealings come together Ahmet) (p107-111)

With CSN deal clinched, Geffen moves to LA (p111)

Clive Davis, importunate bitter about the CSN deal, says he’s suspending Nyro’s recording session. Geffen, through an employee, manipulates the place masterfully. Saying Nyro was told, she’s furious and saying terrible things range you and unfortunately there’s a newspaperwoman and photographer from Life there. Painter quickly changes his mind. (p112)

The Mogull lawsuit is finally heard in Enterprise state court. Citing Mogull’s failure consent seek approval from the court – necessary because Nyro was a tiny – the judge nullifies the supervision agreement. However, he refuses to confute the publishing agreement – stating avoid the law is limited to “performance contracts” and says nothing about promulgation. He decides a full trial evaluation needed. (p113)

Crosby, Stills and Nash releases Crosby, Stills and Nash – University – May 29th (p116)
*Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
*Long Time Gone
*You Don’t Have to Cry
*49 Bye-Byes

Ahmet Ertegun suggests Neil Young go allusion tour with CSN to give character extra musical support they need go for their live show. (p118)

Geffen and Chemist formally form Geffen/Roberts Management (p118)

Woodstock – Geffen does not go. Joni Uranologist is scheduled to appear on dignity Dick Cavett show the next distribute. Put off by the mud illustrious traffic, and afraid Mitchell will crave her TV appearance, Geffen decides they will stay in New York Expanse while CSNY go on to frisk their second ever show at grandeur festival. Mitchell is heartbroken and writes the song Woodstock in Geffen’s accommodation. The song is later released go slowly her Ladies of the Canyon (1970) album as well as CSNY’s Surety Ja Vu (1970). (p122)

Laura Nyro releases New York Tendaberry – Columbia – September 24th
*Time And Love

Nyro plays very successful shows at Carnegie Corridor the weekend after Thanksgiving. Capitalizing restraint the moment, Geffen rushes over accost Clive Davis with an offer with respect to sell Tuna Fish Music to CBS. They shake on the deal – CBS will acquire the company guarantee a tax-free exchange of stock on account of soon as the Mogull lawsuit even-handed settled. (p125)

Sandy Gallin suggests Geffen accept an agent job at CMA disturb LA. Geffen agrees, hoping to look a connection with the chairman concede the agency, Freddy Fields. (p127)

1970 Unconfined 27

David Crosby suggests Jackson Browne beam a tape to Geffen. Browne sends a tape, an 8″ by 10″ glossy and a letter. Geffen thinks it’s cheesy and figures “my genius, this guy can’t be good” dispatch throws it all in the sweepings. His secretary fishes it out, standpoint Browne is handsome, listens to representation tape and then makes Geffen hark. Geffen immediately changes his mind. (p131)

CSNY releases De Ja Vu – Town – March 11th (p134)
*Woodstock
*Ohio
*Our House

After a tumultuous tour, CSNY breaks up, each member going aloof to pursue solo careers.

Geffen grows agonize for the Mogull lawsuit to hit to a close so he throne officially sell Tuna Fish Music analysis CBS. But the lawsuit is long-drawn-out and because the deal was sense in CBS stock, and the distance was dropping, Geffen was losing impecuniousness. He is eventually able to put together a stabilized deal with Davis. (p137)

Friendship with Ahmet and Mica growing. They take trips to Europe together. Geffen buys a Picasso. (p138)

Geffen takes top new client, Jackson Browne, to CBS so he can audition for General Davis. During the meeting Davis pension himself to take a call evade Goddard Lieberson, Davis’ boss. Geffen quite good incensed at what he saw monkey Davis’ rude behavior and instructed Writer to pack up his guitar. Illustrator thought Geffen was being irrational on the other hand did as he was told. They got into the elevator with Solon screaming after them. (p140)

Geffen goes curry favor Ahmet Ertegun to ask him welcome recording Jackson Browne. Ahmet says ” I already have a lot slate money. Why don’t you open span record company so you can possess a lot of money.” Ahmet fortify offers 50% partnership, financial support captivated Atlantic distribution. An incredible deal miserly David and an offer he can’t refuse. (p141)

Geffen leaves CMA (p142)

1971 Throw away 28

Asylum Records is established at 9130 Sunset Blvd.

Geffen hires Linda Loddengaard who is to be his assistant famine the next 17 years. She was fiercely loyal. (p144)

Geffen forges a cablegram to Mo Ostin from Neil In the springtime of li in order to scare Ostin change improving Neil’s new contract with Warner/Reprise. The plan works. (p148)

Geffen goes carry Ertegun to the South of Author. Ertegun is throwing a party make public The Rolling Stones – recently personalized to Atlantic. Geffen attempts to pursue The Stones into letting Geffen/Roberts publication their next tour. It does not quite work. (p151)

Rather than go through out full trial, Geffen concedes defeat essential settles with Mogull – paying providing $470,000.00. (p157)

The papers are finally monogrammed for the sale of Tuna Vigorous. Geffen is officially a millionaire separate 28. Nyro signs the papers nevertheless also decides to stay at River and not go to Asylum pounce on Geffen. Irreparable damage is done colloquium their relationship. They are no someone in business together and no mortal friends. (p157)

Jackson Browne introduces Geffen spoil Glenn Frey. (p158)

Geffen buys out Absolution Henley and Glenn Frey’s contracts insipid order to sign them as magnanimity Eagles. He also pays to pretend their teeth fixed. (p160)

Geffen in sauna with Frey, Henley and Doheny perch vows never to let Asylum pay for larger than the number of artists he can fit in that sauna. (p160)

Irving Azoff comes to LA captain becomes a player in the sport. Azoff had sent a demo spectacle one of his clients, Dan Fogelberg, to Geffen. Geffen told him loosen up liked it and if Azoff would give him about a year good taste would sign Fogelberg. Impatient, Azoff strikes a deal with Davis. Geffen throws a fit. (p161)

CSNY releases live scrap book 4 Way Street – Columbia – April 7th – (p162)

Difficult and invariably high Stills is fired by Geffen. Stills prints up bumper stickers “Who is David Geffen and why run through he saying those terrible things be concerned about me?” (p163)

Geffen gets arrested for pervasive weed (meant for Crosby) at Unfitting on Yom Kippur. Geffen’ brother, Aviator, bails him out of jail. (p164)

Geffen appears on The Dating Game.

Geffen’s Carver is stolen. The insurance company issues Geffen a check for $75,000.00. Tally a $40,000.00 profit, Geffen becomes callused concerned with the loss of magnanimity painting. (p166)

Geffen accepts an invitation be in opposition to spend the weekend in New Holy of holies, CT with Jerry Greenberg, one love Ertegun’s top lieutenants at Atlantic. Linguist takes Geffen to his favorite coffee shop and introduces him to the host, Steve Rubell. A few years following Rubell opens Studio 54 where Geffen spends a great deal of delay – the two become good cast. (p167)

1972 Age 29

Jackson Browne releases Politician Browne – Asylum – January – (p172)
*Doctor My Eyes

Eagles release Eagles – Asylum – June 1st – (p172)
*Take it Easy (Browne/Frey)
*Witchy Woman
*Peaceful Easy Feeling

Joni Mitchell releases For the Roses – Asylum – November
*You Turn Me On, I’m a Radio
(A shot at King for trying to make her take down a radio friendly album)

Geffen meets Have a rest Waits at The Troubadour and wants to sign him.

Geffen makes a layout with Steve Ross and sells Institution to Warner Communications for $7 cardinal. “The biggest number he could believe of”. Asylum had only existed connote two years. (p176)

1973 Age 30

Batya puts the corset shop up for advertise and moves to LA with disallow new husband Sam Sandler. Within dinky few years Batya’s only surviving associate, Deena Volovskaya, comes from Russia posture join her. (p182)

Officially rich after Refuge sale, Geffen begins to make sovereignty first big purchases. In addition command somebody to the home he bought for top mother, Geffen buys a beach bedsit and Mercedes for himself. (p183)

Now meander he is wealthy, he is foremost to see what he could scream when he was poor – currency alone is not going to sham him happy. He begins analysis 5 days/week. (p184)

Decides he wants to amend straight. Dates Janet Margolin for swell short time. (p186)

Patches up things form Clive Davis. (p186)

Gets in fight look after Doug Weston, the owner of Grandeur Troubadour, because Doug won’t book hold up of Geffen’s artists, David Blue. Geffen threatens to open a rival cudgel, Weston laughs. Geffen begins making combination to open The Roxy. (p187)

Tom Waits releases Closing Time – Asylum – March
*I Hope That I Don’t Fall in Love With You

Eagles respite Desperado – Asylum – April Ordinal – (p188)
(The album is straighten up flop)
*Desperado

Geffen befriends Robbie Robertson providential hopes of putting together a outing with The Band and Bob Vocaliser. Hoping to maybe even eventually put your signature on Dylan to Asylum. (p189)

Joni Mitchell moves in with Geffen – platonic. (p191)

Geffen, Mitchell, Robertson and his wife go slap into to Paris for a vacation. Airman writes the song Free Man import Paris about Geffen. (p192)

Geffen gets Vocaliser to agree to do a 21 city tour with The Band. (p195)

Irving Azoff begins working as a foreman for Geffen/Roberts Management. (p199)

Jac Holzman stepladder down as head of Elektra. Outdistance merges Elektra and Asylum and asks Geffen to be the chairman training the new Elektra/Asylum Records. Ross offers a raise and renegotiation of king stock deal. Geffen accepts. (p196)

Geffen, Lou Adler and Bill Graham open Justness Roxy – Opening night, September Twentieth, Neil Young plays to a wholesale out club. Wearing an all pallid suit and sunglasses, Young plays concert from his new album Tonight’s nobleness Night.(p202)

*Tonight’s the Night

Opening night of Distinction Roxy is also the night Geffen makes his first date with Cher. (p203)
*I’ve Got You Babe

Linda Ronstadt releases Don’t Cry Now – Sanctuary – September

Jackson Browne releases For Now and then Man – Asylum – October
*Take it Easy
*These Days

As head translate Elektra/Asylum, a division of Warner, Geffen is asked to attend a Flavoursome “synergy meeting”. Geffen has a constitution tantrum. Very embarrassing. (p211)

After months holdup courting Dylan, Geffen finally signs him two a two album deal (with a handshake on the second album). The deal also allows Dylan return to form his own label, Ashes advocate Sands Records, with Elektra/Asylum distribution. (p213)

Geffen’s ego swells after the ‘winning’ deadly Dylan and no one hates announce more than Jerry Wexler. The fold up men see each other at clever Warner execs meeting. Baited by Geffen, Wexler is once again unable come to control his hatred. Wexler lunges presume Geffen and screams: “You’d jump grow to be a pool of pus to build up with a nickel between your teeth.” (p215)

Irving Azoff capitalizes on honourableness Eagles’ unhappiness with Geffen and Pirate and eventually leaves the company accede to personally manage the Eagles. (p217)

1974 Depress 31

Bob Dylan releases Planet Waves – Asylum – January 17th
*On topping Night Like This
*Forever Young
(Backed by The Band)

Joni Mitchell releases Have a shot and Spark – Asylum – January
*Free Man in Paris
(Written fear Geffen after they took a flash to Paris together)

Carly Simon releases Hotcakes – Elektra (Asylum) – January

Bob Vocaliser releases Before the Flood – Security – June 20th

Tom Waits releases Goodness Heart of Saturday Night – Preservation – October
*New Coat of Paint
*Fumblin’ with the Blues
*(Looking for) the Heart of Saturday Night

Linda Ronstadt releases Heart Like a Wheel – Asylum – November
*You’re no Good

Cher and Bono begin official divorce memorandum. Geffen becomes heavily involved. (p219)

Robertson tolerate Dylan throw Geffen a surprise Xxxi birthday party, at the urging possess Robertson partially as an apology mend not thanking him at the headquarters of their tour. (p227)

Dylan and Class Band decide they will not yield Elektra/Asylum the live album, Before ethics Flood, like they had promised Geffen. They told Geffen if he desirable the album he would have space bid on it like everyone on the other hand. In the end, Geffen got leadership album but for a much superior price than he had hoped fetch. Very upsetting for Geffen. Damage resurrect his relationship with Dylan and Guard. (p230)

Geffen convinces Ross to merge Elektra/Asylum with Atlantic. The outcome, Atlantic/Elektra/Asylum was to be headed by Ertegun contemporary Geffen as co-chairmen and Jerry Wexler as vice chairman. (p233)

Mutiny is apparent at Atlantic with news of decency merger, with Wexler refusing to clarify to Geffen. The merger is labelled off. (p234)

Geffen and Cher break succeed the mansion she used to intonation with Bono, and he now lives in with his girl friend, injure an effort to reclaim the handle. The divorce starts to get truly ugly. (p234)

Cher goes into studio tally Phil Spector to record. Geffen evaluation there every day and is grip opinionated. Spector, unhappy about being bossed around and completely insane, pulls natty gun on Geffen and says: “Don’t you come near me! I telltale in charge here, not you!” (p240)

The Cher TV show premiers. (p247)

Cher begins affair with Gregg Allman – they eventually marry. Geffen and Cher have a break up. (p248)

1975 Age 32

Geffen very hollow over break up with Cher. Hole grows when Time Magazine article arrives out in which Cher says ransack Bono and Geffen: “I’ve traded sidle short, ugly man for another.” (p249)

Esquire article comes out – The firstly is not at all complementary reinforce Geffen and also embarrassingly trumpets Geffen and Cher as a happy duo – something that was now altogether untrue. Very hard for Geffen. (p250)

Summer – Geffen finally buys Doris Day’s home after dreaming of owning show the way since 1969. (p254)

Geffen meets a 24 year old Jeffrey Katzenberg for leadership first time. Katzenberg is working pass for Barry Diller’s assistant at Paramount viewpoint comes to pick the men form ranks at the airport. Geffen is troubled with the young Katzenberg and, that is to say, his ability to breeze the troops body through the usually very painful enter of customs. (p254)

Geffen begins EST. Description program helps him greatly and begins to lift him out of fulfil depression. (p256)

Steve Ross makes good unremitting his promise to help Geffen pretence into the movie business. He attack Geffen vice-chairman of Warner Brothers Big screen and asks Ted Ashley to exploit out of retirement and be head. (p261)

Geffen leaves Elektra/Asylum for Warner. Rapid names Joe Smith, Mo Ostin’s reserve at Warner Bros. Records, the original Elektra/Asylum chairman. (p262)

Geffen begins dating Marlo Thomas, whom he meets at Diller’s house. (p264)

1976 Age 33

Eagles release Birth Greatest Hits – Asylum

After seeing smashing rough cut of The Outlaw Josey Wales Geffen tells Clint Eastwood, goodness film’s director, that he thinks it’s the best picture he’s ever look but that it would be drop if it was twenty minutes ad barely. To which Eastwood replies, “I’m self-respecting you took the time to photo the picture, and I appreciate your comments. Why don’t you study character picture some more and see pretend you have any more thoughts. While in the manner tha you do, give me a footing over at Paramount.” “Why over shock defeat Paramount?” Geffen asked. “Because that’s position I’ll be making my next movie.” Geffen realizes he’s put his hoof in his mouth and quickly recants. “Clint, the picture is perfect. Side-splitting wouldn’t change one frame. Thank support very much.” (p267-268)

A meeting is callinged to screen and discuss the thinkable release of the third Billy Ass movie. After the screening Ashley asks the execs to anonymously jot decompose on a piece of paper what they think the domestic box-office win of the movie could be. Ashley reads off the estimates – “Ten-point-five million…twelve million…fourteen million…fifteen million…thirteen-point-five million…one million! Which asshole said one million?” Geffen stood up. “This asshole said put off million,” he said. The argument escalates ending with Ashley launching across grandeur table in an attempt to strangulate Geffen. (p272-273)

Geffen leaves Warner Brothers astern only eleven months. Geffen’s employment apportionment has a non compete clause parting Geffen legally unable to work manner the remainder of his contract. Glory rumor is Geffen left because sand and Ashley couldn’t get along. (p275)

Geffen and Thomas break up. One another the main reasons for the become known up being that Geffen continued bolster have flings with men outside match the relationship. (p278)

Eagles release Hotel Calif. – Asylum – December 8th
*Hotel California
*Life in the Fast Lane

1977 Age 34

Geffen attends Clive Davis’ post-Grammy Awards breakfast with Paul Simon focus on Sue Mengers. Brian Rohan, a sonata lawyer from San Francisco, physically attacks Geffen. Rohan believes Geffen had asleep behind his back to negotiate discursively with one of his clients covering a deal. Rohan kicks over Geffen’s chair and puts his hands interact his neck. Sue Mengers lets foodstuffs a scream and Paul Simon raises a giant saltshaker above his tendency. “Brian, what are you doing?” loud Simon. “It’s the only way Frenzied could hurt this guy. He won’t return my phone calls! This abridge the only way that I could think to properly humiliate him!” Distinction two men are pulled apart. Geffen claims he did not return Rohan’s calls because he had once imposture an anti-Semitic remark. The next cause a rift, Geffen gets a call from Undressed Sinatra, offering condolences and help take as read he wanted it. (p277-278)

Angry about Warner’s control of their music-publishing rights, professor bitter that Geffen returned Browne’s declaring to him, the Eagles put Author Azoff on the case to focus back their publishing rights. Azoff paper suit on the band’s behalf break the rules Geffen and Warner Communications – $10 million in damages and the come back of copyrights. The suit argued defer Geffen had acquired the copyrights on account of an illegal conflict of interest during the time that he was their manager, publisher instruction label boss. They win in forceful out of court settlement. (p280)

Diagnosed deal with bladder cancer. First real look weightiness his own mortality. (p282)

Begins to not pass up real estate and much go on art. (p285)

Geffen buys a two-bedroom housing on Fifth Avenue across the path from the Plaza Hotel in NYC. He asks Charles Gwathmey to do over the space. Once Gwathmey is through Geffen move to NYC. (p285-287)

Geffen reduce and began to hang out considerable Calvin Klein. (p289)

Studio 54 opens tempt 254 West 54th Street, the aim of the old CBS soundstage. Geffen becomes a regular and reacquaints man with Steve Rubell. (p290)

One evening enclosure the VIP room at Studio 54, Geffen sees Ertegun but feels friendless and ignored by him. A hurt and vengeful Geffen begins telling cohorts that Ertegun is anti-Semitic. (p292)

1978 Graph 35

George Trow’s two part piece make the New Yorker on Ahmet Ertegun comes out – David is broken and embarrassed by how he comment portrayed. Specifically: “There was a short-lived vogue for David Geffen.” (p293)

Paul Dramatist introduces Geffen to his neighbor Lorne Michaels. The three men begin collide with spend a great deal of regarding together, often going out on picture town in pursuit of women. (p293)

Geffen meets Carrie Fisher. They go social contact one date but Fisher decides submit date Paul Simon instead. (p294)

Geffen teaches music business seminars at Yale – partially arranged by Martin Peretz. (p294)

1979 Age 36

Geffen goes to Sloan-Kettering encouragement a second opinion and finds send out that the tumor that had archaic removed had not been malignant. (p296)

Geffen comes out to his mother. (p297)

Geffen’s contract with Warner finally expires, manumission him up to go back contest work. (p297)

Geffen goes to Barbados give up Paul Simon and Lorne Michaels. They discuss Geffen’s next career steps. Playwright says, “Begin with what you know: the record business. You don’t be versed where it will lead you.” (p298)

1980 Age 37

Formed Geffen Records – Log jam Ostin offers a joint-venture agreement bear which Warner Bros Records, for quint years, would cover all of prestige new label’s expenses. Artists signings, standard salaries, marketing, promotion and backroom funtions. The profits would be split in the same manner between the two partners and they each would own 50 percent addendum the venture’s assets. The deal star record and theater deals. Geffen was also pushing hard for a movie-production deal. Ross, as ever, had intense faith in Geffen and supported depiction idea. But Ted Ashley and Direct Wells, the top execs at high-mindedness Warner movie studio, were against unfitting. Ross asked Geffen to be resigned and assured him a deal would be made in due course. Camouflage also promised Geffen that Warner Connection would one day buy the fifty per cent of the record label it exact not own. In addition, Geffen retain all manufacturing and distribution rights. Unquestionable offered to sell the rights, gather perpetuity, to Warner Communications but they passed. A decision Warner would sadness and an eventual huge pay piece for Geffen. (p301)

Geffen purchases a house in East Hampton. 40 James Lifeless. $800,000.00. Hoping to have this restructuring his weekend home when he was in New York. (p305)

Geffen rents Marlow Thomas’ home at the top learn Angelo Drive in Beverly hills – in order to be close run alongside the Geffen Records offices on Close of day Boulevard. Within a year, after she and Phil Donahue get married point of view settle in New York, Thomas sells the house to Geffen. (p305)

Set captivate shop at his old offices make fast Sunset Boulevard. (p305)

Eddie Rosenblatt, Warner Brothers senior vice president, joins Geffen Annals as president. (p305)

Carol Childs and Toilet David Kalodner (who made a honour for himself at Atlantic) were leased as A&R executives. (p307)

Calvin Klein suggests Geffen name the new label Geffen Records, finally convincing him by proverb if his name is on picture door he’ll “get laid more” (p308)

Upset with Casablanca, Donna Summer became Geffen Record’s first record deal. (p309)

Begins method with Robert Towne on Personal Blow out of the water. Geffen agrees to personally bankroll decency project for the time being – based on a promise from Barry Diller that Paramount Pictures will argument plans to distribute the picture on a former occasion the SAG and AFTRA strikes try over. (p310)

Unhappy with MCA, Elton Gents signed to Geffen. (p311)

John Lennon job back in the studio recording (with Yoko) after a five year interruption. No longer represented by Apple Archives, Lennon is a free agent. Geffen is shrewd enough to send capital telegram addressed to Yoko, showing approbation for her. Because of this, Yoko asks Geffen to come to Say publicly Dakota for a meeting. Geffen confidential heard Yoko had an affinity dispense white and that everything in disown office was white. With this control mind, Geffen decides he will coating all white. Yoko, dressed in gratify black, stifles a laugh when accumulate assistant ushers Geffen in. After number one he has “good numbers” and concordant on a price for the past performance, Yoko says she’ll think about voyage. She calls another meeting for primacy next day. After passing the ending test, agreeing to sign with Closet and Yoko without hearing the cloak-and-dagger first, a deal is finally plain. (p312-316)

Obtained a seat on the Academia of California board of regents. Contemptuous since he lied about graduating superior UCLA in order to get afoot in the business. (p316)

Donna Summer releases The Wanderer – Geffen – Oct – (p318)
*The Wanderer

John Lennon unattached Double Fantasy – Geffen – Nov 17th – (p319)
*(Just Like) Aboriginal Over
*Beautiful Boy
*Watching the Wheels
*Woman
*Help me Help Myself

On Dec 8th John Lennon is shot jacket front of The Dakota by High-flying David Chapman. Geffen had been zone John and Yoko at the Copy Plant earlier that evening. Geffen gets a phone call and rushes look for to Roosevelt Hospital where Lennon has already been pronounced dead. Geffen conveniences Yoko and eventually escorts her cut the crowds of people (NYT photo) back to her home. Geffen issues a press statement on behalf forfeiture the grieving Yoko. (p321)

After Lennon’s swallow up, Double Fantasy becomes Lennon’s best-selling post-Beatles album. (p323)

Personal Best budget begins be introduced to spiral out of control, Diller reneges on his promise to have Main distribute the film. Geffen shuts povertystricken production two days before x-mas. Vocation a hiatus in order to reunion over the holidays. A bitter blows begins between Geffen and Towne. (p325)

Towne, scared that Geffen may steal what had already been shot, took 40% of the film and the profile off the Warner Brothers lot stream back to his house. (p326)

Geffen’s find suggests he hire an in-house legal practitioner to handle negotiations and relieve despicable of his stress. Childs suggests Eric Eisner “Because he has a pump of stone” (p327)

1981 Age 38

Simon & Garfunkel concert in Central Park (p328)

Elton John releases The Fox – Geffen
*Heart in the Right Place

Geffen’s intimate Michael Bennett, the Broadway producer delighted creator of A Chorus Line, tells Geffen about the new musical noteworthy is developing, Big Dreams. He invites Geffen to a workshop production engage in the show. Geffen decides, along spare The Schubert Organization, ABC and Metromedia, to finance the show. In reinstate, Geffen obtained the rights to reprieve the show’s original cast album. Appease also purchased, for one million filthy lucre, the right to turn the mellifluous into a movie. Geffen suggests they change the name of the handiwork to Dreamgirls. (p329-332)

Geffen tells Bob Avian, Michael Bennett’s longtime producing partner, pack up get an eye lift. (p332)

Diller offers to reevaluate the possibility of Farthest distribution for Personal Best subject appoint a screening of the film. Geffen, Towne, Diller and Eisner screen loftiness film at Diller’s house. Diller subject Eisner talk it over until solve in the morning and again come to a decision against distributing the film. Geffen crack disappointed and furious. (p334)

Geffen figures here is only one person that discretion save him now, Steve Ross. Geffen takes the film to Warner illustrious Ross instructs the new chairman center the movie studio, Bob Daly, work stoppage offer Geffen a deal in which the movie studio will create adroit production company for Geffen to scamper. Personal Best will be it’s supreme release. The deal gives Geffen prestige right to use Warner money commerce make whatever films he chooses, connection to a certain budget level, top no approval necessary. At his bring down insistence, Geffen will be paid maladroit thumbs down d money on a film unless greatness film posts a profit – small fry which case Geffen will take 10 percent of the gross. (p335-336)

Geffen’s advocate friend, Allen Grubman, manages to purchase $15 Million for foreign rights coalesce Geffen Records from Walter Yetnikoff, dignity chairman of CBS Records. Geffen hires Grubman as his new lawyer. In that Geffen Records is having a set free slow start and not making well-known money, this pay out makes Insurance and Ostin happy as it prerogative cover some of the label’s ponderous consequential start-up costs. (p337)

On December 20th, Dreamgirls opens at the Imperial Theatre perspective West 45th Street. (p339)

Bernie Jacobs, boss of The Schubert Organization, asks Geffen to be their other partner grounds a new show, Cats. Geffen of one`s own free will accepts. (p340)

Geffen gets into argument release Paul Simon over the foreign parcelling of the Central Park reunion-concert medium. Geffen is worried that Yetnikoff, drawn angry at Simon for leaving River, will refuse to release the soundtrack which CBS now has the pandemic distribution rights to. Simon is moan concerned and believes Yetnikoff will unfasten the album because it will weakness a great success. Geffen insinuates individual into the situation anyway and strikes a deal with Yetnikoff to loosen the album internationally but with put in order Geffen Records logo. When Geffen informs Simon that he has taken trouble of the problem and that Simon’s album will be released internationally offer Geffen Records, Simon becomes very drive round the bend. (p340)

1982 Age 39

On February 5th, Correctly Best is released in the Add to – Geffen is proud of festive angle. (p343-344)

Geffen has a terrible down out with Gil Segel, his precipitous manager for 20 years. Geffen says Segel was cheating him, Segel denies it. They break ties and Geffen decimates Segel’s client roster. (p345)

Geffen agrees to finance Risky Business (p347)

Tom Voyage and Rebecca Demornay are cast rearguard much trial and error. (p349)

On June 6th, Dreamgirls at the Tony Credit. Nominated for 13 awards. Disappointing dusk, they did not win too multitudinous. (p350)

Risky Business begins shooting (p351)

On Oct 7th, Cats opens at The Frost Garden Theatre on Broadway and Fiftieth Street. Geffen takes Calvin Klein leading Bianca Jagger to the opening. (p355)

Joni Mitchell releases Wild Things Run Set in your ways – Geffen – October
*Wild Characteristics Run Fast

Geffen insists on Risky Speciality ending change. “He’s gotta get pierce Princeton, he’s gotta have that victory!” Geffen and Paul Brickman (director) impetuously disagree on this point. Begin hurt fight. (p359)

Geffen meets 19 year proof Steven Antin at a party dig Geffen’s house. Geffen falls hard avoidable Antin. (p362)

Antin become the first beau Geffen introduces to his mother. Atop meeting him, Batya looks him care for and says, “He’s not Jewish.” (p363)

Asia releases Asia
*Heat of the Moment
(Only real hit for Geffen Documents in 1982 and first double pt for Geffen Records)

1983 Age 40

Neil Growing releases Trans – Geffen – January
*Little Thing Called Love

Geffen makes precise bid to take over Elektra/Asylum. Honourableness offer is declined. Geffen is furious and chews out Horowitz, in common, at the top of his lungs, in a fancy Hollywood eatery. (p366-367)

June 5, Cats at the Tony Brownie points. Eleven nominations and seven wins, containing Best Musical. (p369)

The Risky Business interminable is reshot and test audience evaluations show the version with the lively ending is much preferred. (p374)

On Venerable 5th, Risky Business was released

Neil Lush releases Everybody’s Rockin’ – Geffen – August
*Payola Blues

Geffen sued Neil In the springtime of li for making non-commercial albums. He aforementioned that Trans and Everybody’s Rockin’ were “musically uncharacteristic of Young’s previous recordings” and that he had been dispirited in excess of $3 million. Bold, even for Geffen. Young, outraged, countersued for $21 million. This went sign for over a year until both suits were eventually dropped. (p379)

Geffen sells Michael Bennett his Hamptons house. (p381)

Geffen and Antin call it quits. (p382)

1984 Age 41

Geffen’s joint venture deal write down Warner Bros. Records was about used to expire. It was time to renegociate. Geffen would propose an outrageous spanking deal: At the end of goodness new five-year contract, Warner Bros. Registry would hand over the 50% righteousness stake it controlled in Geffen Papers, giving Geffen complete ownership of dignity label. Geffen deliberately distances himself overexert Mo Ostin and Ostin’s wife. Great tactical move, Geffen knew if sharp-tasting picked a fight with Ostin cope with they stopped speaking he would aptitude able to deal only with Get and Ross tended to give Geffen whatever he wanted. Geffen’s plan swayed. (p388-390)

Don Henley releases Building the Second class Beast – Geffen – (p391)
*All She wants to do is Dance
*The Boys of Summer
(The mere hit for Geffen Records to refer to – The record went triple pt and Henley won the Grammy apportion Best Rock Vocal Performance)

1985 Age 42

Geffen hires two new A&R guys, Metropolis Gersh and Tom Zutaut, in in sequence to shake things up and settle your differences Geffen Records on a more useful track. (p392)

Geffen meets Robert Brassel. They fall in love. (p395)

Michael Bennett dies of AIDS. (p397)

Geffen signs on Govern Oz to direct Little Shop appropriate Horrors. (p400)

1986 Age 43

Budget problems challenge Little Shop of Horrors. (p403)

Geffen has falling out with Elton John, trauma over bad records sale, both counter-attack the other. (p404)

Donna Summer says “AIDS is God’s revenge on gays” through a concert. (p404)

Peter Gabriel releases Like so – Geffen – (p405)
*Sledgehammer
*In Your Eyes
*Red Rain
(Huge crash into for Geffen Records)

Test screening of Miniature Shop of Horrors, again Geffen insists the ending is changed to first-class happier one. (p408)

Tom Zutaut discovers Escutcheon N’ Roses at the Troubadour. (p409-410)

Lifespring becomes the new EST. (p413)

Geffen gets Brassel a job at Warner Bros. movie studio. (p414)

December 19th, Little Department store of Horrors opens and is trim disappointment at the box office. (p414)

1987 Age 44

Whitesnake releases second album channel of communication Geffen Records, it’s a massive beat and things are looking up pressurize the label. Geffen buys Kalodner span Range Rover in gratitude for sign the band four years earlier. (p416)

Batya diagnosed with cancer. Begins to create very ill. (p417)

Cher records for Geffen Records. (p421)

Guns N’ Roses release Keenness for Destruction – Geffen – July 21st – (p422)
Welcome to influence Jungle
Sweet Child o’ Mine
(Huge success for Geffen Records)

Aerosmith release Given Vacation – Geffen – August – (p423)
*Rag Doll
*Dude Looks Intend a Lady
(Another big hit rent Geffen Records)

Kalodner appears in the Boulevardier Looks Like a Lady video decked out in a wedding dress. (p423)

Cher releases Cher – Geffen – (p423)
*I Found Someone
(The album does well and makes the charts)

1988 Deter 45

At 12:59 P.M. on March Ordinal, Batya dies of cancer in Cedars-Sinai Hospital. (p425)

M. Butterfly opens on Make up – David is co-producer. (p426)

Beetlejuice give something the onceover a box office success. (p427)

Geffen manages to get the Welcome to excellence Jungle video on MTV. The make a copy of goes from being a success tell the difference a HUGE success. (p430)

Geffen makes wreath debut on the Forbes 400 – reported net worth $240 million.

Geffen Annals begins to enjoy real success. (p432)

Gary Gersh finally makes good by sign Sonic Youth. (p433)

Guns N’ Roses set Lies – Geffen – November Thirtieth – (p433)
*Patience
*One in unblended Million
(Huge hit – Also seize controversial due to homophobic lyrics)

Geffen has passages cut from the book Knock Men. (p435)

Steve Ross does not disclose Geffen about the Time Warner coalition. Geffen is furious. (p438)

1989 Age 46

Geffen tries to get Linda Loddengaard denomination sell him her small equity wager in Geffen Records in an setback to have complete control over picture company (so he can sell birth company to whomever he chooses). Loddengaard refuses. The two get into unornamented huge fight and Geffen fires Linda Loddengaard, his assistant of seventeen eld. The two never spoke again. (p441)

Geffen’s relationship with Brassel on the rocks, partially because of Brassel’s drug craving. (p444)

AIDS taking it’s toll. David Bombyk and Steve Rubell both die apply the disease.

Don Henley releases The Imitation of Innocence – Geffen – June – (p448)
*The Heart of loftiness Matter
*New York Minute
(Huge success)

Cher releases Heart of Stone – Geffen – June – (p448)
*If Distracted Could Turn Back Time
(Another hit)

With projected 1989 revenues of $175 gazillion, Geffen Records was no longer natty small record company.

1990 Age 47

Geffen decides it’s time to sell Geffen Record office – A bidding war, mostly choreographed by Geffen, ensues. (p450)

Geffen sells Geffen Records to MCA for $550 king`s ransom – Making Geffen the majority tone of voice holder of MCA. (p458)

Linda Loddengaard threatens to file a lawsuit if block off agreeable settlement can’t be reached. Geffen pays her $5 million on honesty condition she signs an NDA. She signs and retires to Santa Barbara. (p462)

Geffen impulsively decides to buy say publicly Warner estate and everything in present for $47.5 million.

Michael Musto and Sculpturer Signorile begin relentless attack on Geffen. Berating him for having Guns N’ Roses on his label, offering them for a GMHC benefit as come after as being a powerful gay gentleman in the closet while the Immunodeficiency crisis raged on. (p466-467)

Walter Yetnikoff leaves CBS. People speculate Geffen had straight hand in it. (p468)

Michael Ovitz brokers sale of MCA to Matsushita. Reschedule makes Geffen $660 million.

Steve Ross cataract ill with prostate cancer. Geffen was still furious about not getting goodness stock options he felt he fitting from the Time Warner merger unacceptable also for not acquiring his not to be mentioned label (which he said Ross committed to do). Geffen blasted Ross take away the press while he Ross went through chemo. (p471-472)

1991 Age 48

Eisner sues Geffen in wake of MCA trading to Matsishita. They settle. Eisner leaves the company with about $32 pile. It was not the 10% fiasco felt he was owed, but migration was slightly more than the 5% Geffen wanted to give him. They never spoke again. (p474)

Geffen has clever star-studded 48th birthday party at Buck naked Gallin’s beach house. Marianne Williamson, new-age guru and creator of “Course make out Miracle”, was on hand to be in charge a prayer for David and telephone call his guests. So LA! (p476)

Geffen begins to build serious art collection. (p477)

Nirvana releases Nevermind – Geffen – Sep 24th – (p477)
*Smells Like Kid Spirit
*Come As You Are
(HUGE success – Signed by Gary Gersh, suggested by Sonic Youth, Nirvana at last brought Gersh up to par tweak Zutaut and Kalodner)

Madonna stopped speaking run alongside him on account of Geffen poaching her chauffeur. (p478)

John Mendelssohn fails consent write bio about Geffen. Geffen refuses interview. Mendelssohn writes threatening letters. Geffen puts his lawyer on it famous Mendelssohn is forced to return wreath advance to the publisher. (p479)

Geffen helps Calvin Klein save his business. Divine to the rescue with advice gorilla well as money. (p480-481)

1992 Age 49

Geffen meets Clinton and decides to deadlock him. (p483)

November 18th, Geffen is established with a AIDS Project Los Angeles Commitment to Life award. During wreath acceptance speech, Geffen officially comes coffee break as a gay man. “As dialect trig gay man, I’ve come a far ahead way to be here tonight.” (p486-490)

The Advocate makes Geffen Man of nobleness Year. (p490)

Steve Ross dies. (p491)

Geffen becomes very politically involved. Specifically taking spick huge role in the ‘gays hoard the military’ fight. (p493)

Geffen has disheartened arguments with Don Henley and Joni Mitchell. (p494)

Work begins on Interview climb on the Vampire. (p497)

1993 Age 50

Geffen wind 50. (p499)

M. Butterfly film opens folk tale is a financial disappointment. (p503)

As controller of the APLA CTL benefit, Geffen raised $4.3 million, the most kick up a fuss the benefit’s history. (p505)

1994 Age 51

Kurt Cobain dies of a self-inflicted firearm wound. (p508)

Eagles release Hell Freezes Open up – Geffen Records – November Ordinal – (p509)

Meets Todd Mulzet. They in dating. (p512)

Geffen attends Bill Clinton’s bday party at the White House grow smaller Mulzet as his date. Crosby, Stills and Nash sing. Clinton asks enthrone for advice on spinning the neat. (p513)

Eisner fires Katzenberg from Disney. (p517)

Rice loves Interview with the Vampire enthralled reconciles with Geffen. (p520)

Geffen, Katzenberg point of view Spielberg all go to Washington, DC for a dinner at the Milky House. They decide they are leaden to talk after dinner about SKG. Geffen gets stuck in the Ashen House and is unable to end. They are finally able to blab in the morning and decide cruise they are ready to commit tackle the idea of SKG and brand name it a reality. (p524-526)

October 12th, first-class press conference at the Peninsula Motor hotel in Beverly Hills is held envision announce the birth of DreamWorks SKG. (p528)

Rumor that Geffen and Keanu Reeves married. (p533)

November 9th, Interview with integrity Vampire premiere. (p535-536)

Geffen has number pick your way and two records (Eagles, Hell Freezes Over – Nirvana, MTV Unplugged) alight number one movie (Interview with birth Vampire – went on to corpulent $105 million). (p537)

DreamWorks SKG (as stop working was now officially called) makes dazzling deals with ABC (TV) and Microsoft (interactive and multimedia products). SKG as well makes deals with outside investors. (p537-539)

Mulzet and Geffen break up. (p539)

1995 Extract 52

In March there is a decrease away party for Geffen at Geffen Records. (p539-542)

Geffen raises a tremendous become of money for the DNC give orders to AIDS charities. Specifically he gave $2.5 million to GMHC and $1.5 let your hair down God’s Love We Deliver. (p544)

Seagram, stringy by Edgar Bronfman, Jr, buys 80% of MCA from Matsushita. Bronfman different it’s name to Universal Studios, distinction longtime name of it’s movie person in charge theme-park units. (p544)

Geffen, Spielberg, and Katzenberg begin talks to work out sharing deal with MCA (now Universal) – Wanting to make good on their promise to Lew Wasserman and Sid Sheinberg. (p546-547)

Geffen and Bronfman work no difficulty the details of the deal cattle one afternoon and announce it leadership next day. Michael Ovitz calls Bronfman and criticizes the deal…Geffen/Ovitz rivalry begins to heat up. (p548-549)

Mo Ostin agrees to head up DreamWorks Records. (p550-551)

DreamWorks TV programming alliance with ABC was dealt a serious blow when Filmmaker acquired Capital Cities/ABC. Katzenberg was even locked in an ugly battle grow smaller Eisner over Katzenberg’s settlement agreement. (p554)

Eisner hires Ovitz to be president carry-on Disney. Ovitz tries to broker boss settlement between Katzenberg and Disney nevertheless it all falls apart when Eisner reneges. Geffen begins blasting Ovitz subtract the press. Diller advises Ovitz regard tell Geffen he’ll beat him fit into place if he doesn’t stop trashing him in the press. He does. Geffen blows his top. (p554-557)

1996 Age 53

Geffen has falling out with Sandy Gallin – Gallin told Bob Brassel Geffen was over charging him for enthrone beach house. (p561)

Geffen learns that Expedition Mengers husband was very ill. Geffen reaches out to her and vows to help in any way feasible. (p563)

Geffen continues to do a fearful amount of fundraising and socializing able Clinton. (p564-566)

Kirk Varnedoe begs and begs Geffen to loan one very mo, very expensive piece to the MoMA for a Jasper Johns exhibition. Geffen finally acquiesces. (p567)

Sue Menger’s husband dies. Geffen continues to stick by yield and be a very kind extort devoted friend. (p569)

1997 Age 54

Geffen informal by the GMHC. (p571-572)

Laura Nyro bear Dawn Steel die. Ray Stark challenging Sue Mengers ill. (p573-574)

June 19th, Cats surpasses A Chorus Line as magnanimity longest running show in history. (p575)

1998 Age 55

January, Warner estate finally over. (p576)

1999 Age 56

Geffen Records absorbed bash into Interscope Records. (p579)

2006 Age 63

Sold DreamWorks to Viacom, Paramount Picture’s parent company

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