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Gary Propper, Famed Surfer And Founder Of Fantasma Presents, Carrot Top Fame Passes Away

FLORIDA (CelebrityAccess) Legendary surfer Gary Propper, 72, also a manager in the entertainment business, died March 14 because of undisclosed health issues.

Considered one of the most influential surfers to come out of Florida, Propper also became a music businessman, securing the film rights to “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” movie trilogy and managing acts like Carrot Top (also from Propper’s stomping grounds of Cocoa Beach, Fla.), Gallagher and Jon Lovitz. He was also known to have directed some of Burt Reynolds’ later ventures.

Propper was also known as a highly competitive and legendary surfer, once throwing a trophy into the bushes because it was second place. The Florida Surf Museum in Cocoa Beach hosted a Gary Propper exhibit in 2017, focusing Propper’s 50-year connection to the Hobie brand and his artwork.

“We had a great turnout,” museum executive director John Hughes told Florida Today. “He was the first real surf star, not just on the East Coast, but worldwide. There were other surfers famous before him, but he was the one who turned it into a professional job. When he filled out his tax return, he would put ‘professional surfer’ as his job.”

Proper began Fantasma magazine in the 1970s, which launched Fantasma Presents – home to other luminaries in the business like Jon Stoll and John Valentino – that is a subsidiary of AEG Presents. There he promoted shows for little known acts like Devo, Blondie and The Police into Florida clubs.

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