Joe Bures

Joe Bures

Date of Birth: November 28, 1936
Date of Passing: January 17, 2020
Obituary: Hollywood Reporter

Joe Bures was an American film and television business executive.

A graduate of Ohio State University, Bures served in the U.S. Army for four years before furthering his education at Baylor University School of Law and New York University.

He began his career in entertainment working in the contracts department for NBC and would rise up to become a Senior Vice President of Business Affairs working on deals for television shows such as: Knight Rider, ER, Law & Order, The Wonderful World of Disney, Frasier, Unsolved Mysteries, and Wheel of Fortune.

Bures died January 17, 2020, in Fayetteville, Georgia. He was 83.

Joe Bures was an American film and television business executive.

A graduate of Ohio State University, Bures served in the U.S. Army for four years before furthering his education at Baylor University School of Law and New York University.

He began his career in entertainment working in the contracts department for NBC and would rise up to become a Senior Vice President of Business Affairs working on deals for television shows such as: Knight Rider, ER, Law & Order, The Wonderful World of Disney, Frasier, Unsolved Mysteries, and Wheel of Fortune.

Bures died January 17, 2020, in Fayetteville, Georgia. He was 83.

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