viharles Taylor Manatt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Page 3 of 4 Company, and Yahoo!; In entertainment, Sony Pictures Entertainment, and The Eagles, and in consumer services, AT&T, Hilton Hotels Corporation, and Time Warner. Their internal revenue in 2007 was A $242 million Chairman of the California State Democratic Party National political life In 1981, Manatt became the national chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), and oversaw and executed the 1984 party convention, nominating former Vice President Walter Mondale of Minnesota for President, and New York congresswoman Geraldine A. Ferraro, making history as that marked the first time a woman was a major party nominee. The convention took place from July 16-19, 1984 in Moscone Center, San Francisco. The permanent chairman that year was Martha Layne Collins of Kentucky. Mondale was chosen on the first ballot. That year, the keynote speaker on the first evening of the convention was Governor Mario Cuomo of New York. Although the convention was considered a great success, the Mondale-Ferraro ticket could not get traction against the popularity of then-president and Republican Ronald Reagan and Vice President George H. W. Bush. In 1987, he chaired Illinois Sen. Paul Simon's presidential campaign and in 1992 he co-chaired the Clinton/Gore presidential campaign. [2] Later Life At the time of his death Manatt resided in Washington, D.C. where he helped run and work at his law firm, and was engaged in numerous civic activities. He had a granddaugther and grandson, Victoria and Patrick, the children of his daughter Michele Manatt, a former U.S. State Department and White House Drug Policy Office official, and her husband Wolfram Anders, an investment professional with the International Finance Corporation, part of the World Bank Group. In 2010, their second granddaughter was born to Daniel and his wife Nikole Manatt. Death Charles Manatt died at age 75 on the evening of July 22, 2011 in Richmond, Virginia.131 References 1. ^ Shaila Dewan (July 23, 2011). "Charles Manatt, Former Democratic National Chairman, Dies at 75" (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/24/us/politics/24manatt.html?ref-deathsobituaries) . The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/24/us/politics/24manatt.html?ref-deathsobituaries. 2. A http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0711/59710.html 3. A Barabak, Mark (July 23, 2011). "Charles T. Manatt, Democratic Party leader and diplomat, dies at 75" (http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-me-charles-manatt- 20110723,0,4135704.story) . Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-me-charles-manatt-20110723,0,4135704.story. Retrieved 2011-07-23. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CharlesTaylorManatt 9/19/2011.