produced the original cast albums for the Broadway musical Salvation and the off-Broadway hit The Last Session by Steve Schalchlin - ironically, Venet's last session. Venet shares credits for the music in the skateboard film, Skaterdater (1965). Later life and death He later changed his name to Nik Venet in honor of his grandfather. He died on 2 January 1998 of Burkitt's lymphoma. Just over one month before Beach Boy Carl Wilson. He was survived by his wife, actress Valerie Kairys Venet, and their son, filmmaker Nik Venet III. References External links 1936 births 1998 deaths American record producers American people of Greek descent Deaths from non-Hodgkin lymphoma 20th-century American businesspeople Deaths from cancer in California