Bob Broder, the veteran entertainment industry attorney, agent and executive at Chuck Lorre Productions, has died. He was 85.

Broder died Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles during Rosh Hashanah after a battle with cancer, his family announced.

“In Jewish tradition, passing away on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, holds deep spiritual meaning,” they said. “It is believed that a person who dies on this holy day is viewed as a tzaddik , a person of exceptional righteousness.”

Bob Broder, the veteran entertainment industry attorney, agent and executive at Chuck Lorre Productions, has died. He was 85.

Broder died Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles during Rosh Hashanah after a battle with cancer, his family announced.

“In Jewish tradition, passing away on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish

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