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New York Times music industry reporter
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NEWS: Marty Erlichman, Barbra Streisand's manager since 1961 (!) (mostly), has died at 97. One of the longest, and certainly most successful, artist-manager relationships ever. nytimes.com/2026/11/01/obi…
www.nytimes.com Martin Erlichman, Barbra Streisand’s Longtime Manager, Dies at 97 He had other clients, like Chevy Chase and Joan Rivers, and he produced movies. But he was best known as Ms. Streisand’s negotiator and protector.
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Terrible loss. When I began writing for NY Press in 1997, I'd deliver my copy by floppy disk. I was astonished that Knipfel, IMHO their greatest writer, was the receptionist. In a trenchcoat & fedora, he croaked "thanks," then put his head back down. RIP.
nytimes.com/2026/10/22/obi…
www.nytimes.com Jim Knipfel, Blind, Dyspeptic Memoirist, Dies at 61 His Slackjaw column drew on his life, which included going blind and being locked up in a psychiatric ward. Two of his books were praised by Thomas Pynchon.
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