Fred Nolting dies at 80

Fred Nolting, who labored his in position to senior V . p . of publish-production at MGM/UA throughout the time of the nearly five-decade career, died of cancer on November. 13, his 80th birthday, in Mission Viejo, Calif. Born in La, Nolting started in the market inside the mail/shipping department at Metrocolor Lab at 16. With the sixties he will be a color timer, a person support representative. Carrying out a six-month stint at Luxurious Lab in 1977, he returned to MGM as director of publish-production in 1980, inside the wake in the merger, he increased being director of publish for MGM/UA. He was promoted to v . p . of publish later after which it later to senior V . p ., retiring from MGM/UA in 1992. In 1993 Nolting grew to become part of The brand new the new sony to register in the development of cinema sound system SDDS but outdated permanently in 1994. First wife Joanne Nolting died later. Children include Nolting's second wife, Lila Nolting boy Kevin, a film editor daughter Nancy Van Hoven and three grandchildren. Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com