Steve Goldman, whose two decades as an executive with Paramount Pictures included a stint as president of the studio’s domestic television division, has died. He was 81.
Goldman died Wednesday at his home in Chatham, Massachusetts, after a battle with Lewy body dementia, his family announced.
The St. Louis native joined Paramount in 1981 and was named executive vice president of domestic television in 1989. In 1991, he was promoted to president, succeeding Lucie Salhany, who had departed for a position at Fox.
After Goldman retired from the studio in 2003, he and his wife, Sandra, owned and ran the Cyrus Kent House Inn and Gardens, which was built in 1877, in Chatham.
Born in 1942, Steven Arthur Goldman graduated from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana in 1965 with a marketing degree. He began a career in advertising and media sales after service with the National Guard.
Later, Goldman served on several boards, including those at Emerson College,...
Goldman died Wednesday at his home in Chatham, Massachusetts, after a battle with Lewy body dementia, his family announced.
The St. Louis native joined Paramount in 1981 and was named executive vice president of domestic television in 1989. In 1991, he was promoted to president, succeeding Lucie Salhany, who had departed for a position at Fox.
After Goldman retired from the studio in 2003, he and his wife, Sandra, owned and ran the Cyrus Kent House Inn and Gardens, which was built in 1877, in Chatham.
Born in 1942, Steven Arthur Goldman graduated from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana in 1965 with a marketing degree. He began a career in advertising and media sales after service with the National Guard.
Later, Goldman served on several boards, including those at Emerson College,...
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- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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He...
During the riots, which started after a jury acquitted four LAPD officers for violently beating Rodney King, Hall interviewed L.A. Mayor Tom Bradley, who pleaded for calm, opened one of his shows with an excerpt of Martin Luther King’s “I Have A Dream” speech, and had guests on including Edward James Olmos and Sean Penn.
Here he talks with Deadline about how he managed to get the show on the air during the riots, moving it from the Paramount to a South Central church, the similarities and differences between those riots and the current unrest, following the killing of George Floyd, and his hope for change.
He...
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- Deadline Film + TV
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