Trivia

First cousin of Mel Brooks.

Father of Jessica Kaminsky.

Best-selling publisher and author.

After graduating from Brooklyn College, he attended the University of California, Berkeley.

He was a publisher with a knack for picking future best-sellers. He worked at Warner Books, Random House and Hearst. Just six weeks after President Nixon resigned in 1974, Kaminsky signed him to an estimated $2.5 million deal to write his memoirs.