Pursuits
Jerry Perenchio, Dealmaker Who Built Univision, Dies at 86
- Sold Spanish-language broadcaster Univision for $12.3 billion
- Promoted ‘Fight of the Century’ between Ali, Frazier in 1971
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Jerry Perenchio, a one-time talent agent and sports promoter who in a career spanning more than 50 years built Univision into the largest Spanish-language broadcaster in the U.S. and came to be regarded as the consummate Hollywood dealmaker, has died. He was 86.
Perenchio died Monday of lung cancer at his Bel-Air home, the Los Angeles Times reported, citing a spokesman for the family.