Howard Stern’s longtime agent Don Buchwald passed away on Monday at age 88.
Buchwald, who got the nickname ‘Superagent’ from the shock jock, died of natural causes at his home back east in the Berkshires of Massachusetts, his eponymous agency announced on Tuesday.
The Brooklyn native started Don Buchwald & Associates in 1977 with a core group of five agents and expanded to Los Angeles in 1992. The firm, now known as Buchwald, employs 130 staff members who specialize in various sectors of entertainment and media.
‘My father was the epitome of the self-made man and he built his brilliant legacy with grace and generosity,’ his daughter Laura shared on social media, per Deadline.
‘He was generous to a fault, he loved our mom, his wife of nearly 60 years, the way we all deserve to be loved, he was philanthropic, he believed in Democracy, and wanted nothing more than for those he cared about to understand their value and ability to contribute to the greater good
