Jerry Katzman Dies: Former WMA President Was 89

Jerry Katzman, a 30-year veteran of the William Morris Agency who served as President and Vice Chairman in the 1990s and helped shape modern television packaging, died Aug. 9 in Los Angeles surrounded by family. He was 89. Born in a showbiz family, with a producer father and an actress mother, Katzman graduated from Be

Jerry Katzman, a former William Morris president and television packager for series such as “Roseanne” and “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” died on Aug. 9. He was 89. Katzman helped shape modern television with his work in television packaging and bringing series to the screen, contributing to the success of shows such a

The son of a producer of Elvis movies, he spent 30 years at the company and packaged talent for ‘The Cosby Show,’ ‘Roseanne,’ ‘Murphy Brown’ and ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.’