Eric Gardner, a producer and talent manager whose famous clients included Todd Rundgren, Cassandra “Elvira” Peterson, Paul Shaffer and many others, died July 19 at age 74. Family members said he died in his sleep at home in Camarillo, Calif., from complications of pneumonia.
Gardner was the chairman-CEO of Panacea Entertainment, which most recently had been representing Shaffer, the former “Late Night” band leader, and Gardner’s client of many decades, Rundgren, who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (despite the artist’s own indifference to the honor) in 2021.
“I lost a dear friend. My long-time manager, Eric Gardner, passed away at his home outside
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