Agent Gene Parseghian Passes Away At 72

Gotham talent agent Gene Parseghian has passed away from cancer at his residence home in Manhattan on March 16. The man had represented stars, such as Daniel Day Lewis, Eddie Redmayne, Olympia Dukakis, and Kathleen Turner. This was not all, he represented Kit Harington, Rufus Sewell, Hugh Dancy, Essie Davis, Christopher Abbott, Miranda Richardson, Billy Connolly, and Betty Buckley.

Gene was 72 and was born in Oneonta, N.Y, and started out as an actor. He studied in London at th Guildhall School of Music and Drama and even received an MFA in acting from Stanford. Later he became an agent, specializing in actors and in 1977 opened Parseghian Associates. 

On Parseghian, the late actor Joan Hackett said,”​I am the only person I know with a shy agent​. But he was outspoken in helping forge adoption rights for LGBT families, when he and his partner become one of the early gay couples to adopt”. He went on by saying that they had fought the District of Columbia to establish their legal rights and went into hiding to prevent government from taking physical custody of their newborn daughter. 

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Source: thr.com