George Shapiro, producer and longtime supervisor of Jerry Seinfeld, Carl Reiner, Andy Kaufman and different comedy stars, died Might 26 at his house in Beverly Hills. He was 91.
Shapiro was co-founder and companion in Shapiro/West Associates, the affluent expertise administration banner that helped assemble the mammoth NBC hit “Seinfeld” and quite a few tasks for Andy Kaufman. Extra just lately, Shapiro served as government producer of the Crackle/Netflix sequence “Comedians in Automobiles Getting Espresso,” hosted by Seinfeld.
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(Pictured: George Shapiro, proper, with Carl Reiner)