Ex-APA Expertise Agent Was 54 – Deadline

UPDATED: Longtime expertise agent  Tyler Grasham died Friday, Oct. 21, of most cancers, surrounded by family members, his enterprise companion Chris Solomon confirmed to Deadline. He wa 54.

Till October 2017, Grasham was a high agent at APA specializing in youngster actors whose listing of 50-some shoppers included Finn Wolfhard of Stranger Issues and Cameron Boyce of Disney’s Descendants franchise.

On the top of the #MeToo motion in October 2017, Grasham was placed on depart of absence after which fired by APA amid allegations of sexual abuse and harassment towards underage boys together with potential shoppers. The Los Angeles District Lawyer’s Workplace subsequently declined to file expenses in 4 instances introduced towards the expertise consultant.

Grasham went on to launch his personal expertise company, Embody, a few years later. He ran the company alongside Solomon on the time of his demise.

“After taking a sabbatical from the leisure business, Tyler utterly remodeled his life and achieved full sobriety,” Grasham’s household stated in a press release. “Even all through his sickness, through which he was optimistic he would overcome, his precedence and fervour was his enterprise and shoppers. Tyler dealt together with his well being privately, by no means wanting his sickness to hinder nor outline him or his means to domesticate expertise. He liked his work and that by no means ceased to be his precedence. Tyler has entrusted Chris Solomon with Embody to proceed the company he liked dearly and labored so arduous to start out. Tyler has been an inspiration to many, proving that it doesn’t matter what, it’s by no means too late to rework your life for the higher, and to make each day an amazing day.”

In a press release, Solomon praised his late companion.

“Tyler was an unimaginable agent, good friend and enterprise companion,” he stated. “He will likely be dearly missed. I’m actually happy with our shoppers and our accomplishments, and I stay up for rising the enterprise and persevering with our success.”