Elizabeth and lee gabler biography

Legendary talent agent Lee Gabler, who helped create the iconic films and television shows of the past half century, died on June 3 of a brain injury at the age of He had lived in Hope Ranch for the past several decades, where he and his family grew herbs and flowers, fruit trees, bees, and chardonnay vines.

The son of Milt Gabler, who released Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit” on his Commodore label when Columbia turned her down, Lee Gabler got his start in the mailroom of Ashley-Steiner-Famous Artists in New York City.

One of his first assignments was to book variety acts for The Ed Sullivan Show. The Ashley agency formed ICM (International Creative Management), sending Gabler to Los Angeles, where he was involved in what can only be called a series of hit programming and films.

Among his clients in the s was MTM, or Mary Tyler Moore productions, which backed the film Terms of Endearment, the winn