Merry Saltzman, the eldest son of Harry Saltzman, a co-producer on the first nine James Bond films, has died. She is 77 years old.
Saltzman died at his home in San Jose, Calif., on Oct. 30 after a brief battle with cancer, family members told him. hollywood reporter.
Saltzman serves as associate producer on 2019 feature mermaid down jacketfour years ago, she announced she had acquired the rights to a stage project she called James Bond: The Musical. The parody was originally slated to play in Las Vegas or Broadway, but that never took off.
Saltzman was born in Manhattan on December 21, 1946, to Canadian Herschel Saltzman and his first of three wives, Tanya. Her family noted that before watching the film, her father served as a wartime spy and that she “helped inspire in amazing ways his work and contributions to Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces and the U.S. Secret Service OSS” ”.
Shortly after her birth, Meri and her mother received rare postwar permission to travel to cities such as Algiers, Paris, New York, and Washington, and by the age of 9, she had seen her father make the following films: captain galante of the foreign legion (1955) and artist (1960).
In 1961, Harry Saltzman acquired the film rights to the Bond films from novelist Ian Fleming, who along with Albert R. Albert R. “Cubby” Broccoli produced the first nine 007 films, including Dr. No (1962) to Tuna people (1974).
Meanwhile, Mery spent time with the likes of Fleming, Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Michael Caine and Cary Grant, and among the palm trees of Golden Eye, Jamaica Playing hide and seek.
“While she inherited our father’s creative spark, she chose a quiet life outside of the Hollywood spotlight, finding joy in simple moments and sharing her warmth with everyone around her,” her family said.
Her survivors include her life partner of 35 years, Larry Lang, and her brother, Steven; Two other siblings, Christopher and Hilary, died in 1991 and 2019 respectively. In September 1994, her father died of a heart attack during a visit to Paris at the age of 78.
Donations in her memory may be made to the American Cancer Society.
