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Richard Kahn Dies: Former Movie Academy President & Longtime Film Executive Was 95
Richard Kahn, a former Movie Academy president and governor who also had a long career in film publicity and marketing, died April 5 in Los Angeles. He was 95.
“During his time on the board, both as our President and as a governor for many years, he played a vital role in establishing traditions that remain today,” Kramer and Yang added. During a career that spanned six decades, he had stints in marketing at Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, working on such classic films as The Bridge on the River Kwai, The Guns of Navarone, Lawrence of Arabia, A Man for All Seasons, Funny Girl, Oliver!, The Sunshine Boys, Network and Clash of the Titans. Born in New Rochelle, NY, Kahn began a two-decade tenure at Columbia Pictures following his graduation from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and service as a U.S. Navy officer during the Korean War.
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