Jack Valenti hospitalized following stroke

[DeepModem Mom]

Source: Los Angeles Times

Jack Valenti hospitalized following stroke
By James Bates, Times Staff Writer
March 27, 2007

Jack Valenti, Hollywood's top official in Washington for 38 years before retiring in 2004, is making progress at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore after suffering a stroke last week.

A native of Texas, Valenti, 85, joined the Motion Picture Assn. of America in 1966 after serving as a senior aide to President Lyndon B. Johnson. Valenti served as head of the MPAA until his retirement in 2004, when he was succeeded by Dan Glickman.

Since leaving the MPAA, Valenti has been working on behalf of world health issues and consulting the entertainment industry on teaching parents how to block objectionable TV shows. Valenti is the father of Hollywood's movie ratings system. He also has been working on his memoirs.

In a statement issued today through Warner Bros. Chairman and Chief Executive Barry Meyer, Valenti's wife, Mary Margaret, and his children expressed "their deep appreciation of the outpouring of love, support and prayers."...

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-valenti28mar28,0,186570.story?coll=la-home-headlines

[Ignacio Upton]

1. I hope he gets well

I don't wish him ill, even though his work in favor of ridiculously restrictive copyright laws (and his attempt to kill the VCR and the right to record movies on TV) is not admirable in any matter.

[Lance_Boyle]

2. Wait, wait... I've seen this movie.

I'd tell you about it, but then the MPAA would sue me.

[Ignacio Upton]

3. LOL!

:rofl:

In fairness, the MPAA isn't as bad as the RIAA. They haven't resorted to suing 10 year old girls yet.