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HOWARD LAPIDES 12/2/1950 - 8/1/2019 As CEO of Lapides Entertainment,  Howard  managed writer/producers, talk show hosts, authors, comedians, and actors, as well as executive producing a variety of shows in the United States and Canada. His clients included Dr Drew Pinsky, Tom Green, Adam Carolla, Carson Daly, Jimmy Kimmel, Tom Chapin, Pat Bullard, John Wing, Kennedy, Mark DiCarlo, Mark Walberg, Christopher Darden, Marianne Curan, and many others. Howard  Lapides began his career in radio at age 16 at WYSL-FM in Buffalo, New York. While attending Emerson College in Boston, he produced the top-rated "The Steve Fredericks Show" on WMEX and worked weekends on-air at WEIM in Fitchberg, MA.  After graduation, Lapides worked for the next five years with Baton Broadcasting of Canada, lending his on-air and programming expertise to CKLW, Windsor and CFGO, Ottawa.  Following his success in radio,  Howard  became one of Canada's most successful concert pr