Carmel Dagan

Jerry Weintraub, ‘Old School’ Hollywood Producer, Dies at 77

Jerry Weintraub, the colorful and controversial producer whose films included “Nashville,” “Diner,” “The Karate Kid” and the trio of “Ocean’s Eleven” films, died Monday of cardiac arrest in Santa Barbara, Calif. He was 77. He had been in poor health recently. When he received Variety’s Creative Leadership Award in 2013, Weintraub told Variety that he…