In all, his chosen roles amount to a rogues' gallery of unsympathetic predators.

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In three decades he has repeatedly rescued a rogues' gallery of trouble-prone or troublesome stars: the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and Paul Simon, as well as boxer-thug Mike Tyson, author Frank McCourt, the estate of Andy Warhol and titans such as Sony and Time Warner.

FORBES: Steel Wrapped in Velvet

In three decades he has repeatedly rescued a rogues' gallery of trouble-prone stars: the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and Paul Simon, as well as the boxer-thug Mike Tyson, the author Frank McCourt, the estate of Andy Warhol and such titans as Sony and Time Warner.

FORBES: Steel Wrapped In Velvet