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Rodney Dangerfield's Widow and Daughter Settle Copyright Dispute; All Copyrights...

Fri Aug 8, 2008 5:49pm EDT
Rodney Dangerfield's Widow and Daughter Settle Copyright Dispute; All
Copyrights to Rodney's Act Are Held By His Widow, Joan

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Rodney Dangerfield's widow Joan
Dangerfield, and his daughter Melanie Roy-Friedman, have settled a copyright
dispute regarding the legendary comedian's one-hour Las Vegas act.
Patricia Glaser, Mrs. Dangerfield's attorney, said, "All copyrights to
Rodney Dangerfield's act are held by Joan Dangerfield who owns all of her late
husband's intellectual property."
    Roy-Friedman stated, "Joan is very committed to furthering my father's
legacy. He said that he loved her deeply and thought that she was the nicest
person in the world."
SOURCE  Christensen, Glaser, Fink, Jacobs, Weil & Shapiro

Michael Sitrick of Sitrick And Company, +1-310-788-2850



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