Jack Valenti Dies

The man who has literally been the face of the MPAA for as long as I have been alive has passed away at age 85.
A longtime Washington lobbyist and confidant to presidents, he was responsible for instituting the voluntary movie rating system still in use today.
Long considered by many as an enemy of innovation is famously quoted for saying before congress "I say to you that the VCR is to the American film producer and the American public as the Boston strangler is to the woman home alone."