{"id":71924,"date":"2025-04-10T13:37:07","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T20:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=71924"},"modified":"2025-04-10T13:37:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T20:37:07","slug":"statement-regarding-the-passing-of-former-academy-president-richard-kahn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=71924","title":{"rendered":"STATEMENT REGARDING THE PASSING OF FORMER ACADEMY PRESIDENT RICHARD KAHN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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LOS ANGELES, CA<\/strong> \u2013 Former Academy President Richard Kahn passed away Saturday, April 5, in Los Angeles. \u00a0He was 95.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur Dad had a kind and generous soul, a wry sense of humor and was a wonderful father. We will miss him dearly,\u201d said his daughters, Sharon Kahn and Lisa Kahn Feldstern.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll of us at the Academy are deeply saddened to learn of Richard\u2019s passing,\u201d said Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy President Janet Yang. \u00a0\u201cRichard was a devoted member of the Academy and the film community at large. \u00a0During 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. \u00a0His vision and leadership leave an indelible mark. \u00a0He remained a friend to so many, and our thoughts are with his family at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kahn\u2019s career spanned six decades. During his time at Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, he worked on films such as \u201cThe Bridge on the River Kwai,\u201d \u201cThe Guns of Navarone,\u201d \u201cLawrence of Arabia,\u201d \u201cA Man for All Seasons,\u201d \u201cFunny Girl,\u201d \u201cOliver!,\u201d \u201cThe Sunshine Boys,\u201d \u201cNetwork,\u201d and \u201cClash of the Titans.\u201d<\/p>\n

He was a member of the Marketing and Public Relations Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since 1964 and served on its Branch Executive Committee for 15 years. \u00a0He also served 12 years as an Academy governor and one term as Academy President from 1988\u20131989. \u00a0He had previously been elected to five terms as Vice President and one as Secretary during his tenure. \u00a0At the Academy, he helped to launch many initiatives, including the Academy\u2019s new member receptions, which are now held annually across the globe. \u00a0He also headed the Public Relations Coordinating Committee, which created the Academy\u2019s first Nominees Luncheon in 1982.<\/p>\n

Born in New Rochelle, New York, Richard Kahn began a two-decade tenure at Columbia Pictures following his graduation from the University of Pennsylvania\u2019s Wharton School and service as a U.S. Navy officer during the Korean War. \u00a0He joined MGM in 1975, rising to president of MGM International and later executive vice president of marketing for the combined MGM and United Artists after its 1981 acquisition.<\/p>\n

In 1983, Kahn launched a film marketing consultancy with his wife, Marianne Kahn, and served as an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California\u2019s Peter Stark Producing Program until 1989. \u00a0He also led the Film Information Council as executive chairman (1985\u20131995) and served on the Board of the Will Rogers Memorial Fund (1987\u20132001). \u00a0In 2000, he received the Hollywood Reporter\u2019s Key Art Pioneer Award for his creative contributions to the entertainment industry.<\/p>\n

He is survived by his two daughters, Sharon Kahn and Lisa Kahn Feldstern, his son-in-law, the Honorable Daniel Feldstern, and his grandson and his wife, Nick and Jenn Fasulo-Feldstern.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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