Paradise Artists’ Bill Monot passes

Monot, who co-founded Paradise Artists with Howard Silverman in 1989 and represented Joan Jett, War and Blood, Sweat and Tears, has died aged 62

Monot with Taylor Dayne at the 2014 International Entertainment Buyers Association conference © Rick Diamond/Getty Images for IEBA 2014

Bill Monot, co-founder of US booking agency Paradise Artists, has died aged 62. Monot, who started California- and New York-based Paradise with Howard Silverman in 1989, passed away peacefully on Friday 10 August in Ojai, California, according to a statement from the company.

Monot began his career at the Al Schultz Agency in Waukegan, Illinois, before moving to Willard Alexander Agency, where in 1984 he became head of the agency’s Chicago office. In 1988, he moved to Ojai to start Paradise forerunner Entertainment Talent…

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