Jack Valenti
Jack Valenti dies at 85; led MPAA for four decades
Jack Valenti, the high-level power broker who reigned as head of the Motion Picture Association of America for almost four decades and was responsible for the institution of the movie ratings system, died Thursday. He was 85. The charismatic Valenti suffered a stroke in late March and spent about a month at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. He was checked out of the hospital on Tuesday.
