Michael Leon, very long time music business govt and husband of 42 West founder and preeminent publicist Leslee Dart, handed away on April 2nd. He was 76 years previous.
After becoming a member of famed impartial label A&M Records in 1976, he rose to (*42*) Vice President and Head of East Coast Operations. Known for his gregarious administration fashion and his ear for rising expertise, he was instrumental within the improvement of the careers of Suzanne Vega, Joan Armitrading, The Police, Squeeze, and Supertramp, amongst many others.
Leon additionally served as a Vice President of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation, the Head of International for EMI Records Group, and President of impartial label Hybrid Records.
After marrying Dart in 1996, he was typically seen by her aspect at gala occasions all over the world, embracing the function of being, as he typically known as himself, “Mr. Dart” (he even modified his e-mail identify to “mistadart”).
Dart based 42 West in 2004 after rising to prominence as President at PMK. Her purchasers included Tom Hanks, Martin Scorsesee, Francis Ford Coppola, Nicole Kidman, Darren Aronofsky, and Meryl Streep. She oversaw the sale of 42 West, an organization she constructed from two preliminary staff into one of many greatest PR companies in Hollywood, to Dolphin Entertainment in 2017, and he or she retired from the enterprise in 2021.
In addition to Dart, Leon is survived by his two sons, famous filmmaker Adam Leon (Gimme The Loot, Tramps) and Matthew Leon, at the moment an worker within the CAA music division.
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