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Courtesy of Boneau/Bryan-Brown Martin “Marty” Markinson was born December 23, 1931, in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. While ushering at a movie theatre during his teen years, his love of storytelling and the entertainment business took hold. Mr. Markinson enlisted in the Air Force during the Korean War, where he served for three years and during which time he received his GED. In 1970, as part of Mr. Markinson and Donald Tick’s expansion of Tick & Co, they bought an insurance agency, owned by Joe Harris, that handled entertainment clients. This introduced Markinso...

Martin Markinson, the Broadway producer behind shows including the Tony Award-winning “Torch Song Trilogy” and “George Gershwin Alone,” has died after a two-year battle with cancer, his wife announced Monday.