Mort Janklow Dies: Super Literary Agent For Top Authors And Politicians Was 91
deadline.comMorton “Mort” Janklow, a so-called “super agent” whose roster of literary stars included Ronald Reagan, Pope John Paul II, Danielle Steele, Judith Krantz, Sidney Sheldon, Ted Turner and Barbara Walters, died Wednesday of heart failure at his home in Water Mill, New York.
He was 91 and passed just days before his 92nd birthday.His death was announced by publicist Paul Bogaards, speaking on behalf of Janklow’s family and his literary agency, Janklow & Nesbit Associates.Born in New York City in 1930, Janklow attended Syracuse University and later Columbia Law School.
After a seven-year stint at a law firm, he formed his own, Janklow & Traum. Among his clients was Safire, himself a former Syracuse student.Janklow served on numerous advisory boards, among them the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New York Public Library, and the Solomon R.
Guggenheim Foundation. He was a member of the Council on Foreign Relations for over four decades.He is survived by his wife, Linda LeRoy Janklow, and three children.Broadcast networks’ fall lineups and schedulesNew and returning series on broadcast, cable and streamingSeries that made it or didn’t make it in 2021-22
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