Francis C. La Maina Dies: Former Dick Clark Prods. President and COO Was 82
deadline.comFrancis C. La Maina, the former president and chief operating officer of Dick Clark Prods, died Friday in Burbank. He was 82.La Maina joined Dick Clark Prods.
in 1966 as controller and head of accounting. He held several positions at the company, including executive vice president of business affairs overseeing Dick Clark TV specials, series, movies, game and talk shows including American Bandstand, American Music Awards, Golden Globe Awards, and New Year’s Rockin’ Eve.He was named executive VP in 1977 and president and chief operating officer in 1986.
He guided Dick Clark’s emergence as a publicly traded offering in 1987 and 2002. And in 1991, La Maina helped create Dick Clark Corporate Productions, which developed and executed non-traditional marketing communications programs, corporate events, trade shows, new product introductions and corporate and organizational film and video production.
Clients included Apple Computer, AT&T, The Boeing Company, IBM, Intel, and Kodak.“Fran was my soulmate,” said La Maina’s partner of 10 years, Carla Patterson. “In our 10 years together, we enjoyed staying at home, just the two of us, as much as we loved traveling the world.
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