Howard Weitzman, Hollywood Lawyer Who Repped Michael Jackson Estate, Dead at 81
Howard Weitzman, the Hollywood power lawyer whose clients at one time included Justin Bieber, Ozzy Osbourne, the Michael Jackson estate and O.J. Simpson, died Wednesday at the age of 81.
Weitzman’s son Jed confirmed to Billboard that his father died peacefully at his Los Angeles home following a battle with cancer.
“Our beloved friend and partner Howard Weitzman passed away yesterday,” Weitzman’s firm Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump Llp said in a statement to Rolling Stone. “A renowned trial lawyer and dealmaker, Howard skillfully handled some of the most famous cases in Hollywood.
Weitzman’s son Jed confirmed to Billboard that his father died peacefully at his Los Angeles home following a battle with cancer.
“Our beloved friend and partner Howard Weitzman passed away yesterday,” Weitzman’s firm Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump Llp said in a statement to Rolling Stone. “A renowned trial lawyer and dealmaker, Howard skillfully handled some of the most famous cases in Hollywood.
- 4/8/2021
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
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