Recuperating from his sixth back surgery doesn't seem to have dampened Jerry Weintraub's spirit. Even at 7:20 a.m. West Coast time, the 73-year-old Weintraub is sharp, funny and on point as he answers questions prior to his arrival Sunday at the 32nd...

"When I Stop Talking, You'll Know I'm Dead: Useful Stories From A Persuasive Man" By Jerry Weintraub with Rich Cohen Twelve, 280 pp., $25.99 Jerry Weintraub has been a talent agent and manager, impresario, sometime actor, movie producer, and philanthropist....