Publisher and talent agent Marty Mills has died from cancer at the age of 80. Mills, who was lving in Los Angeles at the time of his death, began his varied career in the family business Mills Music, a company belonging to his father Jack and his uncle Irving.
He went on to represent a number of different music acts via the MCA talent agency. In the late fifties, Mills partnered with singer-songwriter Jerry Keller on a new music publishing venture, Jaymar. Mills later sold his share of the company to Keller and became a celebrity photographer.
He was at one time married to entertainer Edie Adams, with whom he had a son, Josh Mills.