Bill Robinson: Gentleman Jack

Bill Robinson: Gentleman Jack

In the coming days, far fancier people than I will be telling the world what a superb man Jack Valenti was. This afternoon, Kirk Douglas, Steven Spielberg and Sumner Redstone were just the first of many names to offer superlatives about the former MPAA chief, philanthropist, author, Presidential Aide, War hero, and, as my dad calls him, one of the best "people persons" ever to show up.

The LA Times and Washington Post will give you his absurd list of accomplishments. Their gushing tone will tell you, this was not your usual A-List Power Broker. This morning President Bush called Jack, a lifelong Democrat, because even he knows that the extraordinary humanity of Jack Valenti trumps politics. It trumps everything. Simply put, Jack was just the best.

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