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11-01-2013, 09:10 PM
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Daniel Harry Blatt, lawyer, producer, husband, father, grandfather and accomplished golfer, died on Wednesday, October 9, 2013 of pancreatic cancer. He was 76. The son of German immigrants who fled the Nazis in 1934, Blatt grew up in the small town of Haverstraw, New York. He graduated from Andover in 1955, Duke University in 1959 and Northwestern Law School in 1962. In the early 1960's Blatt worked as a Legal Aid lawyer in New York. During that era's Civil Rights confrontations he took particular pride in serving with the activist group Lawyers for Constitutional Defense Committee. Following his work in the field of law, Blatt went on to pursue a long and illustrious career as a producer of feature films, movies for television and television series. His career began in the late '70's as Vice President of Palomar Pictures where his credits include "Sleuth," "The Heartbreak Kid" and "The Stepford Wives." Later independently produced pictures include "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden," "The Howling," "Independence Day," "Cujo," "Common Ground," "Kissinger and Nixon," "Sadat" and "Raid on Entebbe." In the mid-'80's Blatt also produced with partner Robert Singer the mini-series and subsequent television series "V," for which he and Singer gained much acclaim as well as a bit of a cult following. Most recently, Blatt produced "The Wishing Tree," starring Jason Gedrick and "Twist of Faith," starring singer-actress Toni Braxton. In addition to golf and his work, Blatt's true loves were the two daughters he shared with his second wife, Judy Brown, and his third wife, literary agent, Marti Blumenthal. Blatt is survived by loving wife Marti, his two daughters, Jessica and Chelsea, son-in-law Gregory Ezor, grandson Benjamin Ezor, sister Dr. Ruth Merkatz, brother-in-law Dr. Irwin Merkatz, brother Dr. Philip Blatt and sister-in-law Paula Breen. In the lieu of flowers, the family asks that you make a donation to First Tee, an organization created to teach life skills and the game of golf to underprivileged youth or to the Lustgarten Foundation for pancreatic cancer research.
Daniel Harry Blatt, lawyer, producer, husband, father, grandfather and accomplished golfer, died on Wednesday, October 9, 2013 of pancreatic cancer. He was 76. The son of German immigrants who fled the Nazis in 1934, Blatt grew up in the small town of Haverstraw, New York. He graduated from Andover in 1955, Duke University in 1959 and Northwestern Law School in 1962. In the early 1960's Blatt worked as a Legal Aid lawyer in New York. During that era's Civil Rights confrontations he took particular pride in serving with the activist group Lawyers for Constitutional Defense Committee. Following his work in the field of law, Blatt went on to pursue a long and illustrious career as a producer of feature films, movies for television and television series. His career began in the late '70's as Vice President of Palomar Pictures where his credits include "Sleuth," "The Heartbreak Kid" and "The Stepford Wives." Later independently produced pictures include "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden," "The Howling," "Independence Day," "Cujo," "Common Ground," "Kissinger and Nixon," "Sadat" and "Raid on Entebbe." In the mid-'80's Blatt also produced with partner Robert Singer the mini-series and subsequent television series "V," for which he and Singer gained much acclaim as well as a bit of a cult following. Most recently, Blatt produced "The Wishing Tree," starring Jason Gedrick and "Twist of Faith," starring singer-actress Toni Braxton. In addition to golf and his work, Blatt's true loves were the two daughters he shared with his second wife, Judy Brown, and his third wife, literary agent, Marti Blumenthal. Blatt is survived by loving wife Marti, his two daughters, Jessica and Chelsea, son-in-law Gregory Ezor, grandson Benjamin Ezor, sister Dr. Ruth Merkatz, brother-in-law Dr. Irwin Merkatz, brother Dr. Philip Blatt and sister-in-law Paula Breen. In the lieu of flowers, the family asks that you make a donation to First Tee, an organization created to teach life skills and the game of golf to underprivileged youth or to the Lustgarten Foundation for pancreatic cancer research.