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Obituaries

Aug. 27, 2013

Entertainment lawyer who represented Eisner dies

Famed entertainment attorney Irwin E. Russell, who represented clients from former The Walt Disney Company CEO Michael Eisner to actress Carol Burnett , died Friday of complications from leukemia. He was 87.


By Kylie Reynolds


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Famed entertainment attorney Irwin E. Russell, who represented clients from former The Walt Disney Company CEO Michael Eisner to actress Carol Burnett, died Friday of complications from leukemia. He was 87.


Russell served in World War II before earning an undergraduate degree from the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce at the University of Pennsylvania and his law degree from Harvard Law School...

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