Thomas Mitchell Sherak was an American film producer who was president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
12 Facts About Tom Sherak
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Tom Sherak was born in Brooklyn and studied at New York City Community College where he earned a degree in marketing.
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Tom Sherak joined Paramount Pictures in 1970 working in distribution offices in New York, Washington, DC, and St Louis.
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Tom Sherak became vice president and head film buyer at General Cinema and then moved to 20th Century Fox in 1983, serving as president of domestic distribution before becoming chairman of their domestic group.
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Tom Sherak oversaw the release of Aliens, Die Hard, Home Alone, Mrs Doubtfire and Independence Day.
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Tom Sherak appeared as an actor in an episode of NYPD Blue and in the film Columbus Circle.
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Tom Sherak was married to Madeleine and had three children, including Melissa and William.
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Tom Sherak served as chairman of the MS Dinner of Champions for two decades, helping raise millions of dollars for multiple sclerosis research, an illness that his daughter Melissa had.
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Tom Sherak received the Public Leadership in Neurology Award in 2011 from the American Academy of Neurology.
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Tom Sherak died on January 28,2014, in Calabasas, California, of prostate cancer.
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Tom Sherak was 68 and is buried at Mount Sinai Simi Valley.
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Tom Sherak was posthumously awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6910 Hollywood Blvd.