Brad Grey, producer, manager and the former chairman and CEO of Paramount Pictures, has died. He was 59 years old.
His family sent a statement to TheWrap Monday morning, saying he “passed away yesterday evening at his home in Holmby Hills, CA with his family by his side. The cause of death was cancer.”
In February, Grey stepped down from his position at Paramount Pictures, seven months after a tense legal battle between one of his closest partners at the studio, former Viacom chairman Philippe Dauman, and Shari Redstone, daughter of Sumner Redstone. The elder Redstone’s failing health forced him to step down as chairman of CBS and Viacom, prompting a struggle between his daughter and Dauman over control of the conglomerate.