Thursday, April 26, 2007

Jack Valenti...seen here with the Hilton Sisters has Died today


Jack Valenti, the colorful, charismatic head of the Motion Picture Assn. of America for almost four decades and the prime mover behind the movie ratings system, died Thursday. He was 85.

Valenti had checked out of Johns Hopkins University Medical Center on Wednesday where he was hospitalized after suffering a stroke.

A private mass celebrating the life of Jack Valenti will be held in Washington. The family will announce details in the coming days.

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