Former Paramount Pictures chief Brad Grey has passed away from cancer, at age 59.
Grey — who produced Hollywood pictures including “No Country for Old Men,” “There Will Be Blood” and “The Departed” — passed away Sunday evening at his home in Holmby Hills, Calif., according to a statement from public relations firm Rubenstein.
Grey, whose illness was a tightly kept secret until the end, stepped down from the helm at Paramount in February after serving 12 years as its chairman and CEO, saying he would “look forward to new adventures.”
Before Paramount, Grey headed his own firm, Brillstein-Grey Entertainment, and was a co-founder of Plan B Entertainment with Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston.
In addition to movies, Grey was famous for producing TV franchises, most notably “The Sopranos” for HBO.
His family released a statement:
“Brad passed away yesterday evening at his home in Holmby Hills, Calif., with his family by his side. The cause of death was cancer. He was 59 years old.
Brad is survived by his wife Cassandra Grey, their son Jules, his three grown children Sam, Max and Emily from his marriage to Jill (nee Gutterson) Grey, his mother Barbara Schumsky, his brother Michael Grey and his sister Robin Grey.
There will be a small private funeral service later this week. A memorial service will be scheduled in the coming weeks.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the Lawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine of USC.”