Lit agent Chocolate Monteiro dies

Film and television literary agent Chocolate Monteiro, co-founding father from the Monteiro Rose Dravis Agency, died of congestive heart failure on Saturday, Jan. 28, in Woodland Slopes, Calif. She was 69.Monteiro will be a mentor to several authors and artists. Among people represented with the Monteiro Rose Dravis Agency, which she produced later with Fredda Rose, are Robert Ludlum, Suzanne Collins ("The Hunger Games"), John Selznick ("The Invention of Hugo Cabret," the building blocks for Martin Scorsese's "Hugo"), Kate DiCamillo ("The Storyplot of Despereaux"), additionally to a lot of noted TV and film authors.Candace Whittenberg was produced in Little Rock, Ark., but soon moved along with her family to Tigard, Ore. Her first job was working at her family's record store, where she met Elvis and Bill Haley, among others, simply because they stopped by to market their latest hits.After producing levels in psychology and sociology within the U. of Or, she married Ray Tusken. The happy couple eventually gone after La, where he attacked a music career while she got employment inside the chart department at Billboard magazine, where she soon had her pop music column. As Chocolate Tusken, she increased being host in 1977 of Westwood An individual's across the nation syndicated "Star Trak" radio series, ending up in the type of Michael Jackson, Elton John and Paul McCartney. She switched lower an opportunity to host a TV version in the series.Following a couple divorced, she married Columbia Records' V . p . of promotion Stan Monteiro. In NY, she began her agency career becoming an assistant within the Henry Morrison Literary Agency its roster incorporated Ludlum. Carrying out a year in NY, the Monteiros returned to L.A., where she increased being an assistant to lit agent Sylvia Hirsch within the Lou Weitzman Agency and quickly elevated to full literary agent. When the agency was acquired with the Sy Fischer Co., Monteiro met her future business partner and nearest friend, agent Fredda Rose. Rose, formerly ABC's West Coast director of economic matters, centered on primetime TV authors, producers and company company directors, while Monteiro dedicated to authors and producers of animated Tv shows. Be employed in this largely overlooked arena brought to substantial billings for your agency. Later, Monteiro and Rose left Sy Fischer to produce their particular company, the Monteiro Rose Agency, just a little 75 clients together. For an additional 2 decades, the pair represented a couple of from the finest names in TV and film writing and creating. They were later grew to become part of by Jason Dravis, the agency's current leader. Stan Monteiro died in 2001. She's managed to get by third husband Ces Kelly, whom she married in 2005 a niece and three grandchildren. A memorial is planned for early March. Donations may be made to Pet Orphans of La, 7720 Gloria Ave., Van Nuys, CA 91406. Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com