Harry Lenetska; Talent Agent
Harry Lenetska, 92, who started as a talent booking agent for the old Keith Orpheum Vaudeville circuit in 1907, joined the William Morris agency in 1919 and later formed his own company. Over the years, his clients included Sophie Tucker, Jack Benny, the Ink Spots and Mahalia Jackson. He retired and moved to California in 1950. In a Los Angeles hospital on Thursday.
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