Norman Robert Brokaw was an American talent agent.
13 Facts About Norman Brokaw
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Norman Brokaw served as the president, chief executive officer, and chairman of the William Morris Agency.
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Norman Brokaw represented Marilyn Monroe, Donna Summer, Bill Cosby, Mark Spitz, Warren Beatty, Clint Eastwood, and many more.
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Norman Brokaw was born in 1927 in New York City, the son of Maria Hyde and Isidore Brokaw.
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Norman Brokaw's parents were Ukrainian Jewish immigrants from Poltava and Odesa, respectively.
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Norman Brokaw's mother performed with her father, Nicholas; her brother Victor, and sister Nettie, in the Haidabura Family Russian Peasant Quartette, which was "the first Russian acrobatic dance troupe to appear on the American vaudeville stage".
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Norman Brokaw delivered mail for the William Morris Agency in 1943, at the age of 15.
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Norman Brokaw helped create such series as Racket Squad and The Public Defender by moving 1950s film stars to television.
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Norman Brokaw would go on to represent producers of Gomer Pyle, USM.
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Norman Brokaw was appointed as the president and CEO of the William Morris Agency in 1989.
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Norman Brokaw was the co-founder of the Betty Ford Cancer Center.
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Norman Brokaw had six children: David Brokaw, Sanford Brokaw and Joel Brokaw with his first wife; Barbara Brokaw and Wendy Brokaw Kretchmer with his second wife; and Lauren Brokaw with his third wife, Marguerite Longley.
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Norman Brokaw died on October 29,2016, in Beverly Hills, California.