Helen Kushnick [SEP] cause of death
, Samuel, died in 1983 of AIDS due to an infected blood transfusion.
Her daughter (Samuel's twin sister), Sara, became an AIDS advocate, founding AmfAR with Elizabeth Taylor, and testified before Congress about changing blood supply rules. Former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop dedicated a book to the memory of Samuel Kushnick.
Kushnick's husband, Jerrold, died of cancer in 1989.
Helen Kushnick died of breast cancer in Los Angeles, California on August 28, 1996, aged 51.
Helen Kushnick
Helen Kushnick (August 18, 1945 – August 28, 1996), born Helen Gorman in New York, was the agent of comedians Jimmie Walker, Elayne Boosler and Jay Leno for much of her early career. Leno had been performing stand-up comedy in a variety of venues when she found him, and afterwards, Kushnick was with him all the way to his role hosting "The Tonight Show".
Her strong-arm tactics in her role as executive producer of the show created a