Steven Ross
Steven Ross (born September 17, 1927 as Steven Jay Rechnitz in New York City , † December 20, 1992 in Los Angeles ) was a manager of Warner Communications .
Life
Steven Ross was born Steven Jay Rechitz to a family of Jewish immigrants in the Brooklyn borough . His family soon renamed themselves Ross.
Ross was married three times and died of prostate cancer in 1992 .
Career
Ross got a job at her father's funeral home , Riverside , through his wedding to Carol Rosenthal . He began renting out the company's vehicles while they were not in use. Riverside was later acquired by the Kinney Parking Company , which eventually merged with the National Cleaning Company in 1966 .
This Kinney National Company , with Ross at the helm, entered the entertainment industry a year later and took over Panavision and Warner Bros. , but in return sold all non-entertainment businesses and renamed itself Warner Communications .
Shortly before his death, Ross merged the company with Time Inc. to form Time Warner .
Honors
The Steven J. Ross Theater opened on the Warner Bros. studio lot in Burbank in 1995 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Roger Cohen: The Creator of Time Warner, Steven J. Ross, Is Dead at 65. In: New York Times. December 21, 1992, accessed July 5, 2014 .
- ↑ Vivien Lou Chen: BURBANK: State-of-Art Theater to Open at Warner Bros. In: articles.latimes.com. LA Times, May 26, 1995, accessed July 5, 2014 .
- ↑ Studio Facilities. In: warnerbros.com. Warner Bros., accessed July 5, 2014 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ross, Steven |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rechnitz, Steven Jay (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American manager |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 17, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 20, 1992 |
| Place of death | los Angeles |