Marty Erlichman, Barbra Streisand’s Longtime Manager, Dies at 97
He discovered the singer at 19 years old and managed her career for more than six decades.
Marty Erlichman, Barbra Streisand's longtime manager, has died at the age of 97. Erlichman discovered Streisand in the early 1960s and guided her career for over six decades. Born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1929, Erlichman was an alumnus of Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. He received both an Emmy Award and a Peabody Award for his work as executive producer of the 1994 HBO television special Barbra: The Concert.
Streisand expressed her gratitude for Erlichman's unwavering support and friendship, acknowledging his role in shaping her career and providing her creative control over her repertoire and album covers.
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