Cavalcade of Hollywood Royalty Remember Bert Fields as ‘The Fixer’ at Memorial
thewrap.comHollywood actors, writers and executives gathered Sunday to remember power attorney Bert Fields with a string of stories about his legal prowess and sometimes unorthodox way of helping clients.
And, perhaps, the remembrances they weren’t sharing would have made those gathered at the memorial service sit at the edge of their seats.The larger-than-life litigator — with clients that included The Beatles, Warren Beatty, Tom Cruise, Edward G.
Robinson and Michael Jackson — knew a lot of the secrets behind Hollywood scandals that happened throughout his six-decade-long career.
Not to mention, he was yanked into a Federal wiretapping and conspiracy probe into notorious private investigator Anthony Pellicano in the early 2000s.It was clear among the friends, family and former clients gathered for his memorial service at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica (including Norman Lear, Dustin Hoffman, Michael Ovitz and Jeffrey Katzenberg) that he relished being a Perry Mason-like figure to the stars.The video that played to kick off the tribute addressed the controversies head-on — putting up a fake tabloid cover with the word “escandalo.” It also included a clip of his appearance on “Dragnet” and a tribute from Tom Cruise.“He’s a very unique adventure, someone I knew we could always count on.
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