Some sad news from the Big Apple…

Stu Witt, long time CBS News Executive and Head of Business Affairs, passed away peacefully on Thursday, December 6 from complications of Parkinson's disease.

He moved to the talent agency N.S. Bienstock in 1979, where he remained until his retirement in 2004.

He helped build NSB into a powerhouse. His clients included John Blackstone, Arthur Kent, Mike Leonard, Mark Potter, Richard Roth, Sue Herera, Tom Fenton, and Sir Howard Stringer, among many others.

Services will be held at 11:30am on Monday, December 10 at Riverside Memorial Chapel in New York City.