A family friend confirmed the news to Deadline.
Gerety joined MGM in 1965 as a regional advertising publicity representative, working in Chicago, Atlanta and Dallas.
When the MGM theatrical distribution arm was dissolved, he joined American International Pictures.
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He operated independently under his own MGPR label from 1999-2004.
Born on October 30, 1942, Gerety was raised on New Yorks Long Island.
He served in the Navy at NATO headquarters for the armed forces in Southern Europe in Naples, Italy.
