The Breakfast Club
1985
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Gil Friesen. Gil Friesen (March 10, 1937 – December 13, 2012) was an American music and film executive known for being chairman of A&M Records from 1977 until its sale for $500 million in 1990, co-founder of the Classic Sports Cable Network and executive producer of The Breakfast Club in 1985.
By Paul Vitello. Dec. 20, 2012. Gil Friesen, who achieved success in films and television but was best known for helping to establish A&M Records as an artists’ haven for an eclectic stable of ...
Dec 15, 2012 · “Gil was a man of remarkable intellectual curiosity,” says Warren Zanes, formerly of the Del Fuegos, who worked with Friesen on Twenty Feet from Stardom, in a lengthy statement. “Beyond his ...
Dec 14, 2012 · 12/14/2012. Gil Friesen, Longtime A&M Exec and Film Producer, Dead at 75. Longtime A&M exec Gil Friesen died yesterday at his home in Los Angeles after a prolonged battle with leukemia. Known as a ...
Dec 14, 2012 · Gil Friesen, the first employee at Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss ’ legendary A&M Records, who later executive produced movies including The Breakfast Club, has died. He was 75. Friesen, who also co ...
Dec 14, 2012 · Friesen spent a quarter century at the label until his resignation in 1990 shortly after Alpert and Moss sold the company to international conglomerate PolyGram for $500 million. “Gil was a ...
Dec 14, 2012 · Music and film exec Gil Friesen, the key man at Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss' A&M Records during the Hollywood label's independent glory days, died Dec. 13 in Brentwood. He was 75 and succumbed to ...
