THURSDAY, JUNE 9 , 2022. THE WASHINGTON POST EZ RE B7
ASSOCIATED PRESSMort Janklow, a former corpo-
rate lawyer who raised high the
power of the literary agent as he
brokered gargantuan advances
for publishing political and enter-
tainment leaders, including Ron-
ald Reagan, Al Gore, David Mc-
Cullough and Barbara Walters,
died May 25 at his home in Water
Mill, N.Y. He was 91.
His death, from a heart ail-
ment, was announced by publi-
cist Paul Bogaards, speaking on
behalf of Mr. Janklow’s family and
his literary agency, Janklow &
Nesbit Associates.
Mr. Janklow was among the
first of the so-called superagents,
and became one by accident, step-
ping in to help with a book by a
legal client and old friend, the
speechwriter and columnist Wil-
liam Safire. Mr. Janklow was sub-
sequently credited, and faulted,
for the proliferation of block-
buster books and million-dollar
deals in the 1970s and beyond, for
jolting a gentleman’s trade with a
lawyerly savvy about marketing,
subsidiary rights and the fine
print of a publishing contract.
He was a flamboyant character
— so energetic he would dictate
dozens of letters a day — a fighter
on the tennis court and in the
boardroom; a schmoozer with
large-framed glasses and mono-
grammed white shirts; a whirl-
wind with a mental directory of
one-liners, anecdotes and super-
latives. Never afraid to cite his
own accomplishments, Mr. Jank-
low liked to recall that some of the
contracts he negotiated were
worth more than the $25 million
that Hearst Corp. needed to pur-
chase the publisher William Mor-
row.
“One of the reasons to drive for
big advances is not to make au-
thors and agents rich,” Mr. Jank-
low told the New York Times in
- “It’s to make the publisher
aware of what he’s bought. You’ve
got to get them pregnant. They get
up before their sales force and say,
‘We paid millions for this book.
This is the biggest book we’ve got.
Drive it into the stores.’ ”
He was at ease with liberals
(Gore, Michael Moore) and con-
servatives (Reagan), with brand-
name fiction writers such as Sid-
ney Sheldon and Danielle Steel,
and with journalists like Ted Kop-
pel and Daniel Schorr. His clout
and credentials would multiply
late in 1988 when he and fellow
agent Lynn Nesbit announced the
founding of Janklow & Nesbit
Associates, with Nesbit bringing
along such award-winning au-
thors as Tom Wolfe and Robert
Caro.
Not all his clients were super-
stars, at least at the beginning. He
took on McCullough well before
the historian’s million-selling
“Truman.” He handled disgraced
Nixon aide John Ehrlichman,
poet Diane Ackerman and the
first novel by Jill Eisenstadt.
In recent years, Janklow & Nes-
bit authors included prize win-
ners Joan Didion and Jhumpa
Lahiri, along with the more
checkered James Frey, undone
(under a different agency) as a
memoirist but reborn as a novel-
ist. Mr. Janklow’s son, Luke, nego-
tiated deals for Anderson Cooper
and Simon Cowell. Mort Janklow
also had a daughter, Angela, a
former editor for Vanity Fair.
Morton Lloyd Janklow, whose
father was a lawyer, was born in
Queens on May 30, 1930. He
skipped enough grades to gradu-
ate from high school at 16. He
graduated from Syracuse Univer-
sity in 1950 and Columbia Law
School in 1953. His first marriage,
to Marjorie Perrin, ended in di-
vorce. In 1960, he married Linda
LeRoy, daughter of Hollywood di-
rector Mervyn LeRoy, sister of
restaurateur Warner LeRoy and
his longtime partner in high soci-
ety.
Mr. Janklow joined the law
firm Spear and Hill in 1960, and
seven years later formed his own,
Janklow & Traum. Among his cli-
ents was Safire, himself a former
Syracuse student, who in the early
1970 s was leaving his job as a
speechwriter for President Rich-
ard M. Nixon and wanted Mr.
Janklow to represent him for a
memoir.
Mr. Janklow not only worked
out a $250,000 deal with publish-
er William Morrow, but also
helped break publishing prec-
edent by recovering around one-
third of his advance when the
publisher attempted to drop the
book, claiming that the Watergate
scandal made Safire’s story obso-
lete. (Authors usually had to re-
turn all the money.) Safire had left
his job before Watergate emerged
and his memoir, published by
Doubleday, would be called “Be-
fore the Fall.”
“Bill ran around Washington
telling all of his friends and col-
leagues about his friend who was
his agent,” Mr. Janklow wrote in
the Daily Beast in 2009, shortly
after Safire’s death. “His opinion
carried such weight even then
that the telephone in my office
began to ring ... and within two
years I abandoned a successful
law practice and became an agent
full time, a decision I’ve never
regretted.”
In 1977, Mr. Janklow enriched
Safire again when he negotiated a
$1 million contract with Ballant-
ine Books for Safire’s “Full Disclo-
sure,” regarded at the time as the
highest advance ever for a first
novel. He would later negotiate
seven-figure deals for “The Si-
lence of the Lambs” novelist
Thomas Harris, and for memoirs
by Reagan and Pope John Paul II,
Ted Turner and Walters.
Mr. Janklow served on advisory
boards, among them the Metro-
politan Museum of Art, the New
York Public Library and the Solo-
mon R. Guggenheim Foundation.
He was a member of the Council
on Foreign Relations for over four
decades.
According to the New York
Times, he is survived by his wife
and their two children; a sister;
and six grandchildren.MORT JANKLOW, 91
L iterary agent brokered
colossal book advances
that enriched the famous
2012 PHOTO BY JOHN LAMPARSKI/WIREIMAGE/GETTY IMAGESMort Janklow with Barbara Walters, one of the big names for
whom he negotiated a seven-figure book deal.
DEATH NOTICECONNOLLY
HUGHJOSEPHCONNOLLYSR.
(Age98)
On Monday,June6, 2022,of
Gaithersburg, MD.Beloved
husbandof the late M. Doro-
thy Connolly;fatherof Patricia
McAlarnen,H. JosephConnolly,
Jr.andTimothyConnolly;grand-
fatherof JosephMcAlarnen,Anne-Marie
Mullikin,MichelleMcAlarnen-Evans,Mat-
thewConnolly,MarcellaMarshall,Brian
Connollyand JohnConnolly;great-grandfa-
therof CourtneyMcAlarnenLanham,Em-
ily McAlarnenWalters,Finley,and Langley
McAlarnen,andJames,Molly,LukeMullikin
andKatanaConnolly.Alsosurvivedbyfive
great-great-grandchildren. Relativesand
friendsmaycallatHolyRedeemerChurch,
9705 SummitAve.,Kensington,MD,Friday,
June10, 2022,from1to2p.m. whereMass
of ChristianBurialwill be celebratedat 2
p.m. IntermentArlingtonNationalCeme-
tery at alater date.Memorialcontributions
maybe madeto Sistersof the HolyCross,
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OR MaryknollFathersandBrothers,P.O.
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http://www.COLLINSFUNERALHOME.comDONAHUE
WHITNEYD. DONAHUE(AGE56)
It is withregretthatwe noti-
fy the membersof Steamfit-
tersLocal 602 ofthedeathof
BrotherWhitneyDDonahue.A
visitationwillbeheldfrom 10
a.m.to 12 p.m.withafuneral
servicebeginningat 12 p.m., on Saturday
June 11,2022 at the Churchof God at Mer-
cersburg, 8676 BuchananTrail West, Mer-
cersburg,PA 17236.Notice#1877.
ChristopherMMadello
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GEORGEMAYESKE
GeorgeW. Mayeskedied on May24, 2022
at the AutumnLakeCenterin Gambrills,
MD of heartfailure.Georgeled afull and
productivelife highlightedby servicein
the U.S. Officeof Educationwherehe led a
studyof Our Nation’sSchools,afollowup
to the ColemanReport.It was an important
intellectualcomponentof the CivilRights
movement.
He was bornin Chicago,Illinois,toJohn Roy
and HarrietWells Mayeskein 1930.In 1934,
Harrietpassedawayand Georgeand old-
er brotherRoy wererelocatedto St. Paul,
Minnesotaand put underthe careof Har-
riet’sextendedfamily.John Roy remarried,
Ms.Wilma Smyth(Mayeske)five yearslater,
and the sonsrelocatedbackto BeverlyHills,Ill. GeorgeattendedMorganPark Highand
thenCommunityCollege.Asthe KoreanWar
hit, Georgejoinedthe Air Force and was
trainedas aMedic,stationedin Morocco,
NorthAfrica.At the end of the war,here-
turnedto Illinoisand tookadvantageof the
GI bill, attendingthe Universityof Illinoisand
receivedaMaster’sand Phd degreein Psy-
chology.Therehe met and datedhis future
wife,the love of his life,Betty Jo Brown.The
two marriedin 1956and Georgepursued
acareerwiththe Federal Governmentin
Washington,D.C. Thecouplehad theirfirst
child,David,and soonrelocatedto Wash-
ington,D.C. In D.C. BettyJo gavebirthto
their2nd son,John.Georgejoinedthe U.S.
Departmentof Agriculturein the 1960’s. He
workedhardas aFed, reachingthe grade
of GS 15. He movedfromAgricultureto the
Departmentof Navyand thento the Depart-
mentof Education.Whileat Ed, Georgeau-
thoredbooksand workedhardon projects
withco-workers.Heworkedon whatwould
be termedthe Mayeskereportor AStudy
of Our Nation’sSchools.Hetransferredback
to the Dept.of Agriculture,retiringin 2000.
George enjoyed: swimming, gardening,
learningto speakSpanish,and Operas at the
KennedyCenter.Hewas Dad to his multiple
cats and fed his favoritecat everymorning.
He assistedwife BettyJo,Phd, in presenting
and workingfor the PompeiiFood &Drink
Projectin Italyfor the benefitof eligiblein-
ternationaland Americanstudents.George
will be proudof theseefforts
We will celebrate the life and the workof
GeorgeMayeskeon Friday,June 17 from 2
to 5p.m. Contact Betty Jo for locationde-
tails.THOMPSON
ANTHONYJOHNTHOMPSON(Age81)
AnthonyJohn“Tony”Thompson,
Boynton Beach, FL, formerly
Bethesda, MD,passedaway
peacefullyin his BoyntonBeach
homeon May31, 2022.Tony,
of Thompson&Pugsley,PLLC,
Washington,DC,was bornJanuary5, 1941
in Washington,DC to JohnW. Thompsonand
MurielGill Webb.
Tony attendedSidwellFriendsSchoolin
WashingtonD.C. where he wasan All-Met
pointguardand memberof the tennisteam,
thenattendedPrincetonUniversitywhere
he wasan activememberof the Cannon
Cluband the Air Force ROTC beforegraduat-
ing MagnaCumLaude.FollowingPrinceton,
he wenton to Charlottesville,VAwherehe
ultimatelygraduatedfromthe Universityof
Virginiawithhis law degree.
Tony servedin the Air Force for 4yearsas a
Captainin the JAG Corpand was stationed
in GreatFalls Montanabeforereceivinga
postingis SoutheastAsia,KoratThailand.
Followinghis service,hehad adistinguished
law careerstartingwiththe Federal Com-
municationsCommission.Tony wouldbe-
comeapartnerat firmsHamelPark, Per-
kinsCoieand ShawPitmanin Washington
D.C. He ultimatelyopenedhis ownpractice,
Thompson&PugsleyPLLCwherehe was
knownto be the preeminentenvironmen-
tal law attorneyworkingwithassociations
suchas the AmericanMiningCongressandthe NuclearRegulatoryCommissionwhere
he representedmuchof the UnitedStates
uraniumproduction.
Tony had the honorof servingas an advance
manfor PresidentGerald Ford in 1975-76
thenon to serveas alead advanceman
for GeorgeH. W. Bushin 1980and Reagan–
Bushin 1984.He wasamemberof Wash-
ingtonD.C.’s AlfalfaClubwhichhe enjoyed
annually.Hewas alsoaproudmemberof
the ChevyChase,Metropolitan,Gulf Stream
Bath&Tennisand Delray DunesClubs.
ThosewhoknewTony knewhis passionfor
the manyboardshe servedon, Redskins
football,rock-n-rollmusic,tennis,golf,his
familyand friends.
Tony is survivedby his two children,Nicole
T. Vereenof Alpharetta,GA and AnthonyJ.
Thompson,Jr.ofBethesda,MD; two sisters
JoanKoehlerandBetsyYoung;andfive
grandchildren,DeclanandChaseVereen
and Skyler,Coltenand BeckhamThompson.
He was predeceasedin 2015by his beloved
wife JacquelineAnneThompson.
Familyand friendsare welcometo aMe-
morialServiceat All SaintsChurch,Chevy
Chase,MDonTuesday,June 14, at 12 noon,
followedby acelebrationof Tony’slife at
ChevyChaseClub.Inlieu of flowers,please
consideradonationto St. JudeChildren’s
ResearchHospital–acharitythatis near
and dearto the family.
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Visittoday.GHIDEATH NOTICEGILIOTTI
FRANKE. GILIOTTI(Age75)
On Sunday,June5, 2022,of
Silver Spring, MD.Beloved
husbandof Lois Giliotti;father
of Christina(Mario) Bardini
andMichael(Blake)Giliotti;
grandfatherof Molly,Isabella,
Sophie,and Lucas;son of the late Mari-
annaand RicardoGiliotti;brotherof the
late EnzaBarbieriand BrunaCarbonaro.
Relativesand friendsmaycall at St. Ber-
nadette’sChurch,72 UniversityBlvd.East,
SilverSpring,MD,Monday,June 13, 2022,
from10 to 11 a.m. whereMassof Christian
Burialwill be celebratedat 11 a.m.Inter-
mentGateof HeavenCemetery.Inlieu of
flowers,memorialcontributionsmaybe
madetoKimmelCancerCenteratJohns
Hopkins.Inmemoline,note:FrankGiliotti
Fundc/o Dan Laheru,The JohnsHopkins
KimmelCancerCenterDevelopmentOf-
fice,750 East Pratt Street,17thFloor,Balti-
more,MD21202.
http://www.COLLINSFUNERALHOME.comHARRISON
BERTHA O. HARRISON
Enteredinto eternalrest on Tuesday,May
24, 2022.She is survivedby her son,Ray-
mondHarrison(Joann);threegrandchil-
dren,NicoleMurray (Darren),BobbyMcK-
nightHarrisonand DeangeloRogers;three
great-grandchildren,DarrenMurray,Noah
Murray and DevinMurray; two sisters,Bar-
baraWilliams(William)andDebraJohnson
(Reginald);brother,DanielJohnson,Jr.(Lois)
andahostofotherrelativesandfriends.
Mrs.HarrisonwilllieinstateatAntioch
BaptistChurch,1105-50thSt., NE on Sat-
urday,June 11 from10 a.m.untilservice
at 11 a.m. Intermentat HarmonyMemorial
Park.HOROWITZ
PAULA RISINHOROWITZ
On Friday,June 3, 2022,
PAULA RISIN HOROWITZ of
Rockville,MD. Belovedwife
of the lateSidneyHorowitz.
Devotedmotherof Jay(Lisa)
HorowitzandSaraHorowitz.
Cherishedgrandmotherof Brett,Scott
and Julia.Gravesidefuneral serviceswere
heldin NewJersey.Memorialcontribu-
tionsmaybe madeto SeaboardRegion
USY(UnitedSynagogueof Conservative
Judaism–Youth Movement) https://crm.
uscj.org/civicrm/contribute/transact?re-
set=1&id=42, YadLaKashish (Supports
elderlyin Israel) https://www.lifeline.org.
il/, HIAS(Helpingrefugees)https://www.
hias.org/or to SuburbanHospital(Carefor
caregivers.) https://donate.suburbanhospi-
tal.org/resiliency.Arrangementsentrusted
to TORCHINSKYHEBREWFUNERALHOME,
202-541-1001.DEATH NOTICELITTLE
GERALDMCCRAYLITTLE
On Thursday,May 26, 2022,Gerald McCray
Littlepassedaway.Heisprecededin death
by his devotedwife of 67 years,June Little.
He is survivedby five children,eightgrand-
children,17 great-grandchildren,and one
great-great-grandchild,twosistersand a
sister-in-law.Amemorialwill be heldon
Saturday,June 11, 2022,1p.m., Jaycees
CommunityCenter,3090 Crain Hwy,Wal-
dorf,MD20601.An onlineguestbookis
availableat
http://www.tljohnsonfuneralservice.comNEWMAN
MARIETTANEWMAN
On Tuesday,May 24, 2022.Visitation at
NewAbundantLife BaptistChurch,716-
59thAve.,FairmountHeights,MDonSat-
urday,June 11 from10 a.m. untilserviceat
11 a.m. Intermentat Ft. Lincoln.SAAD
NADIASAAD
October29, 1928-June 4, 2022
NadiaSaadpassedawaypeacefullyon
June4, 2022, in MontgomeryCo., MD.She
was bornin Damascus,raisedin Cairo,and
workedher way throughschoolat the Sor-
bonnein Paris.For 40 yrs,Nadia workedfor
the UN,first in Africa,thenin Palestinian
refugeecamps.She roseto becomehead
of the UN EnvironmentalProgram for the
MiddleEastand Mediterraneanand was
an experton waterissues.She latermoved
to the World Bankwhereshe insistedon
environmentalconsiderationsfor lending
programs.8yrs ago,she marriedLawrence
Millerandbecameabelovedstepmother
andgrandmother.Anintimateburialser-
vicewillbeheldonJune9,at2p.m.at
NationalMemorialParkinFallsChurch,VA.DEATH NOTICECOLES
DAVID L. COLESSR.
Enteredinto eternalrest on Tuesday,May
24, 2022.He is survivedby his wife,Diana
Gomillion-Coles;son, DavidColes,Jr.;eight
grandchildren,JamariHill,De’Joncoles,
DeonteSimpkins,DevinSimpkins,Mikale
Thompson, HeavenThompson,Makhai
Thomspon andChristianWilson;great
grandson,DevinSimpkins,Jr.;two sister-
in-laws,EbonySaunders-Kingand Johnell
King;two brothers,Gerald Kingand Jona-
thanKing;andDaughter-in-lawLynnette
Coles,and ahost of otherrelativesand
friends;Predeceasedby motherGertrude
King.Mr. Coles,Sr. may be viewedat Stew-
art Funeral Home,4001 BenningRd., NE on
Friday,June 10 from10 a.m.untilservice
at 11a.m. Intermentat LincolnMemorial
Cemetery.GREEN
REV.SHIRLEYGREEN
On May25, 2022Rev.ShirleyGreenbe-
lovedmotherof Ronald.She is alsosur-
vivedby fourgrandchildren,fourgreat
grandchildren.Celebrationof Life will be
on Thursday,June 9, 2022at AllenChapel
AME, 2498 AlabamaAve. SE, Washington,
DC,Viewing 9a.m., Service11 a.m.OLSWOLD
LEONAF. OLSWOLD
LeonaF. Olswoldpassedawayon April23,
2022.She was bornin Drake,NorthDakota
on March1, 1925,the daughterof Reinhold
and Sarah Rauser.She was predeceasedbyher parents,twelvesiblings,and her hus-
band,ArvinOlswold,whomshe marriedin
1967;she is now buriedwith him at Culpeper
NationalCemetery.She was the lovingaunt
of ahost of niecesand nephewsthrough
great-great-great-niecesand -nephews.
Leonawasateacherfor decadesin North
Dakota,California,Virginiaand Maryland;she
movedto the Washington,DC areain 1949.
Afterher teachingcareer,she workedat the
AmericanRed Crossand thenwas Records
Supervisorat the law firm of Cole,Corette&
Abrutynfor approximatelyeightyears.
Amemorialgatheringwill be held at
Gawler’sFuneral Home,5130 WisconsinAve.
NW,Washington,DC on June15 at 11:30a.m.
Contributionsin Leona’smemorycanbe
madeto St. JudeChildren’sResearchHospi-
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MATTIE LEE JOHNSON
MattieLeeJohnsonpeaceful-
ly enteredintoeternalrest
on Wednesday,June 1, 2022.
She joinsher lovinghusband
RobertJohnsonJr.,herthree
brothers Paul Mack, Issac
Mack,Roy HoustonMackand threesis-
ters Pastor OlivetBlowe,PastorEdmonia
Worley and MissionaryVirginiaHenry.Sur-
vivedby son BobbyJohnsonand daughters
YvonneKiah-Johnsonand DellaReese
Johnson;threebrothersElbertMackJr.,
WillieClaytonMack,and SamuelMackand
sisterPastorAnnaBelleCooper;grand-
children,great-grandchildrenandahost
of otherrelativesand friends.Friendsand
familyare invitedto celebrate the life of
MattieLee Johnsonon Saturday,June 11,
2022.Viewing 10 a.m.untiltimeofHome-
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