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Producer and Literary Agent Ken Atchity Dies at 82
Ken Atchity, a producer, author and literary agent, has died at 82.
He died on Monday in Los Angeles; his business partner said the cause was kidney failure.
He produced The Meg and its 2023 sequel, Meg 2: The Trench, as well as films including Joe Somebody and Life or Something Like It.
Before moving into Hollywood in the 1980s, Atchity taught English and comparative literature at Occidental College in Los Angeles.
His work crossed film, publishing and education: he produced more than 30 films, wrote over 20 books and helped sell books and screen projects through his literary business.
His other film and television credits included the 16 Shades of Love telefilms, which aired on HBO and Cinemax and were distributed internationally by Warner Bros.
His family and colleagues remember a career spanning several fields, and donations in his memory can be made to Yoga Gives Back, which supports women and children in India.
Producer, author and literary agent Ken Atchity has died at 82.
He died Monday of kidney failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, his producing partner Chi-Li Wong told The Hollywood Reporter.
Atchity produced more than 30 films, including The Meg and its sequel, and wrote more than 20 books.
He also taught English and comparative literature at Occidental College before moving into show business in the 1980s.
He is survived by his wife, Kayoko Mitsumatsu, two children, five grandchildren and two sisters.
- Who
- Ken Atchity, a producer, author and literary agent.
- What
- He died at 82.
- When
- Monday. The sources do not give the date of his death.
- Where
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
- Why
- He died of kidney failure.
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Kenneth John Atchity was born in Eunice, Louisiana.
He taught English and comparative literature at Occidental College for more than a decade.
Atchity moved into show business.
He produced The Meg and its sequel, Meg 2: The Trench.
Atchity died of kidney failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
- Age
- 82
- Cause of death
- Kidney failure
- Place of death
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
- Film credits
- The Meg (2018) and Meg 2: The Trench (2023)
- Books
- More than 20 authored
- Production credits
- More than 30 films produced