Celebrity agent Sandy Gallin, who represented some of the biggest talents this planet has ever seen, has died.

Gallin was a battling multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer, at the UCLA Medical Centre the past few days, but his condition worsened and he gave up the ghost.

Gallin, born in 1940, founded his own talent management company, and through the years represented the likes of Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey, Cher, Whoopi Goldberg, Dolly Parton, Martin Lawrence, Joan Rivers and many, many others in his distinguished career.

Also an Emmy award winning producer, Gallin was openly gay, and married actor Bryan Fox in 2011.

May he rest in peace.