Bob Broder was allergic to small talk. In his heyday as one of the industry’s top literary agents, he was known as “Darth Broder.” He loved to ski. He loved to play poker, make fig jam and smoke cigars. And he loved his family and his golden retrievers with all his heart.
That is how Broder was remembered Saturday at a memorial service held at the Steven J. Ross Theater on the Warner Bros. lot, where he spent the last dozen years of his career as the business chief of Chuck Lorre Productions. Broder died Sept. 23 at the age of 85. The gathering of several hundred people reflected a who’s who of executives and leaders across the industry as well as longtime friends and family. More than a few rival agents came to pay their respects.
Lorre, the prolific showrunner and co-creator of “Two and a Half Men,” “The Big Bang Theory,…
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