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Former Uni chief Ned Tanen dies at 77


January 05, 2009 Ned Tanen, the former president of Universal Pictures who championed such groundbreaking filmmakers as George Lucas, Robert Zemeckis and John Hughes, died Monday of natural causes at his home in Santa Monica. The exec, who began his career as an agent with MCA, first moved into the music business, founding Universal City Records, before joining Uni's motion picture arm. In 1971, Tanen acted as production supervisor on Milos Forman's "Taking Off," which led to his move to MCA's film division.

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