Kevin Deverich

He was born in Beverly Hills, California. He attended the International School in Geneva, Switzerland. He also attended the London School of Economics and Wharton School of Management. In London he became involved with rock music bands.[1] During the 1960s, his career in music included managing Eric Burdon & the Animals,[2] and Sean Bonniwell.[3]

During his hotel career, he was general manager of the Capital Hilton, and an executive with Merv Griffin's hotel chain, which included the Beverly Hilton.[4] He spent a decade running the company,[5] and would later end up heading Crown Realty & Development.[6]

By April, 1967, he was managing The Music Machine.[7] In 1968, he became the manager for Eric Burdon and the new Animals when they became unhappy over money that had been promised to them by manager Mike Jeffery, so they fired him and took Deverich on as their new manager.[8] This happened in April. Deverich was just managing the US side of their career but took on the role to manage them internationally.[9][10]

He was responsible for the group signed Blues Image being signed to the Atco label.[11]

By early 1992, he was the general manager of Merv Griffin's Beverly Hilton Hotel.[23] he would then spend a decade at the top of the hotel chain.[24][25] In 2000, according to an article by Slate in its May 8 issue, it was a bit of a mystery as to where Deverich was now working.[26] It was reported by The Los Angeles Times in its December 5, 2003 issue that he was working for Crown Realty & Development where he was in charge of hotel acquisitions.[27] By August 2004, he had been appointed vice president of Crown Realty & Development's newly formed hotel division.[28]

He died suddenly at his home on September 29, 2006, leaving behind his wife Amanda and two young daughters.[29]