Walter Ernest Hurst; Publisher, Hollywood Lawyer

Walter Ernest Hurst, 60, Hollywood attorney and publisher of more than two dozen reference books on arts and entertainment law. Immigrating from Berlin as a child, Hurst studied law at New York University and served as a captain in the U.S. Air Force. A specialist in copyright and trade book law, he was the author of “The Record Industry Book” and “Film Superlist 1894-1939.” On Thursday in Los Angeles of cancer.