Prominent entertainment attorney Irwin Russell, who played a key role in the takeover and expansion of the Walt Disney Co., died Friday from complications from leukemia.
He was 87.
"Irwin Russell was a brilliant lawyer, an insightful executive, an eloquent writer and, in all things, a true gentleman," said his longtime client and associate Michael Eisner, the former chief executive and chairman at Disney and founder of the Tornante Company.
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