Bert Fields Cause of Death, Net Worth, Age, Height, Parents, Wives, Children

Bertram Fields was an American lawyer noted for his work in the field of entertainment law. He represented many of the leading film studios, as well as numerous celebrities, and lectured at both Stanford and Harvard Law Schools.

Aside his career as a legislator, Fields was also a musician and an author of both fiction and non-fiction books.

Fields’ books included two novels, biographies on Richard III and Elizabeth I and an analysis of the Shakespeare authorship question.

Bert Fields cause of death

Fields died on August 7, 2022 at his Malibu home, a spokesperson for his law firm, Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger Llp., announced.

Bert Fields net worth

At the time of death, Fields had an estimated net worth of $10 million.

Fields’ many high-profile cases included;

• Representing Katzenberg in his messy divorce from Disney and Lucas deal with Disney’s theme parks,
• Jackson’s landmark contract with Sony Music,
• Winning a huge award for the Beatles and Apple Corps over the Beatlemania musical,
• Paramount’s appeal of the Buchwald v. Paramount case over Coming to America and Beatty’s fight to keep Paramount from cutting a few minutes from his film Reds.

He also represented DreamWorks SKG and Steven Spielberg in defeating an application for an injunction against exhibition of the Oscar winner’s 1997 film Amistad.

Bert Fields age

Fields was born on March 31, 1929 and he died on August 7, 2022 aged 93.

Bert Fields height

Fields’ exact height was not known but he was of average height.

Bert Fields parents

There’s no information about Fields’ parents.

Bert Fields wives

Fields was married three times (Amy Markson, Lydia Minevitch and finally to Barbara Guggenheim) and at the time of death, he was married to his third wife, art expert Barbara Guggenheim.

Bert Fields children

Fields is survived by hisson James Elder Fields (born 1955), whom he had with his first wife Amy Markson, a grandson, Michael Lane Fields, born in 1984, and a granddaughter, Annabelle Fields, born in 2005.