He also worked for 20th Century Fox, Columbia Pictures and Stephen J. Cannell Productions during his 70-year career.
“Herb was so warm and fun to be around, but when it came to getting business done, he was among the greats of the industry,” Carsey-Werner Television president and COO Robert Dubelko said in a statement. “Everyone here is extremely sad but can’t help but smile recounting his poker-playing face and the countless laughs it delivered to all of us.”
She recalled an incident at MIPCOM in which a Belgian buyer apologetically notified him at the last minute he couldn’t make a planned lunch. The youngest of three children, Lazarus was born in Brooklyn on Jan. 5, 1935. He attended James Madison High School and landed a job at age 19 in the mailroom at New York-based Television Programs of America with the help of the brother of Al Capp, creator of the Li’l Abner comic strip. He moved to the shipping department, where he sent 16mm prints around the U.S.
Lazarus graduated to an international vp post at Fox before moving into a similar position at Columbia Pictures. In 1973, he came to Los Angeles and five years later launched the international distribution firm Silverbach-Lazarus Corp. with his former boss.
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