Editing Ed Limato (section)

==Life and career==
Limato grew up in a working-class Italian family in [[Mount Vernon, New York]].<ref name="bart1998">Bart, Peter (May 26, 1998). [https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117859632.html?categoryid=1&cs=1 It's still primetime for the Gatsby of agents.] ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]''</ref> He worked as a [[disc jockey]] and traveled to Europe, where he got a job as assistant to [[Franco Zeffirelli]]. Zeffirelli's agent helped Limato get a mailroom job at [[Ashley-Famous]] Agency in New York. That agency eventually merged to become [[International Creative Management]] (ICM).

Limato transferred to Los Angeles, and he eventually moved to the [[William Morris Agency]]. He later returned to ICM, rising to co-president. He sued ICM in 2007 after they tried to move him to an ''emeritus'' position. Limato prevailed in the case and returned to William Morris with his clients.<ref name="nytobit">Barnes, Brooks (July 10, 2010). [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/11/movies/11limato.html Ed Limato, Flashy Old-School Talent Agent to the Stars, Dies at 73.] ''[[The New York Times]]''</ref>

Limato was on the board of directors at [[Abercrombie & Fitch]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Arbitrator sides with Ed Limato|url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117970169.html?categoryid=18&cs=1 | work=Variety | first=Michael | last=Fleming | date=August 13, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Edward F Limato |url=https://www.forbes.com/finance/mktguideapps/personinfo/FromPersonIdPersonTearsheet.jhtml?passedPersonId=8880861 | work=Forbes }}{{dead link|date=January 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} </ref> He also served on the boards of the [[Los Angeles Conservancy]], [[American Cinematheque]], and the [[Motion Picture and Television Fund]].<ref name="latobit"/> Limato died of [[emphysema]] complicated by [[pneumonia]] in his home in 2010, just one week short of his 74th birthday.<ref name="hwoodreporterobit">Jay A. Fernandez and Elizabeth Guider (July 3, 2010). [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3idce96ffced0fdefe9d83261bc68da71e Agent Ed Limato dies.] ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]''</ref>