Barry Reardon Death: How did Barry Reardon die?

Barry Reardon’s cause of death is not known. He died at the age of 92 in Vero Beach, FL. He served as the head of Theatre Distribution at Warner Bros from 1978-1999.

He was credited for developing an internal marketing data system with fellow executives that could track rivals’ trailers from the previous 10 years, their grosses, and actors’ track records with box office and critics. This permitted executives to steer a film with a particular actor away from a critic who has had problems with that actor. The data system also broke down production and marketing costs, as well as audience demos for all major motion picture studios.

Before joining Warner Bros., he was with Paramount Pictures in NYC as the associate to the VP of Finance. Before that, he had worked for the US Army Intelligence in Europe for some years and earned an MBA in economics from Trinity College after returning to the States.