New York Talent Agent Sam Cohn Dies at 79

The lights on Broadway marquees were dimmed last night at 8 p.m. to pay tribute to the powerful Sam Cohn, a die-hard New Yorker and talent agent who passed away May 6 at age 79. Cohn co-founded International Creative Management and had a hand in the careers of several top-notch Broadway and film actors and actresses, playwrights, directors and writers in his years as one of the best talent agents in the country. Sam Cohn’s long list of clients over the years have included entertainers such as Woody Allen, Arthur Miller, Liza Minnelli, Paul Newman, Meryl Streep, Lily Tomlin, Sigourney Weaver, Bob Fosse, Fred Ebb, Kathleen Turner, Robin Williams, Whoppi Goldberg, Mike Nichols and more, and with his passing away the Broadway world has lost one of its crucial head figures.

Time magazine once called Cohn “the first super agent of the modern age,” and it was this talented businessman who got Columbia Pictures to pay a whopping $9.5 million for the movie rights to the Broadway production Annie. The Broadway realm will undoubtedly miss Cohn and his incredible contributions to the entertainment business, and Sam Cohn’s work with Broadway won’t soon be forgotten.

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