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Jay G Jacobs Dies: Former WMA Music Agent Was 79

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Jay G Jacobs, a longtime William Morris agent who represented such artists as The Beach Boys, Simon & Garfunkel and Diana Ross, died peacefully in his sleep Nov.

18 at the Motion Picture Home in Woodland Hills after a brief battle with lung and bone cancer. He was 79.Born in Philadelphia in 1942, Jacobs grew up an avid fan of film, TV, and music.

Still a teenager, he started his career in 1961 when he landed a job at the mail room of the William Morris Agency in New York.

He worked at the agency for three decades and was a founding member of the agency’s music department. He worked with artists across all genres, from rock and country to jazz and R&B, including The Beach Boys, The Monkeys, The Supremes, Simon & Garfunkel, Diana Ross,

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