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Ron Kass (March 30, 1935 – October 17, 1986) was an American businessman, recording executive, and film producer. Kass worked with at least four recording companies: Liberty Records, MGM, Warner Brothers, and Apple Records.
In 1969, Allen Klein was appointed The Beatles' business manager. He viewed Kass as a threat due to his role in the commercial success of Apple Records, so Kass was forced from his position. He was succeeded in the position by his former deputy Jack Oliver.
Kass's film producing credits included Melody (1971), The Optimists (1973) starring Peter Sellers, Naked Yoga (1974) nominated for an Academy Awards for Best Documentary Short Subject, The Stud (1978) and The Bitch (1979) both based on novels by Jackie Collins, and starring her sister Joan Collins (to whom Kass was married at the time).
He and Collins appeared on Tattletales in 1977 and 1982.
In 1972, Kass married Joan Collins. They had a daughter, Katyana ("Katie"), born in 1972. Kass and Collins were divorced in 1983. Collins provided for Kass's medical care when he was ill with terminal cancer, in addition to flying his sons from Switzerland to their father. On October 17, 1986, in Los Angeles, California, Kass died from cancer at the age of 51.
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