Ron Kass, the manager of The Beatles and a film director was was an American businessman and a recording executive. Ron Kass was born on March 30, 1935 and died on October 17, 1986.

Ron Kass died from cancer in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 51 with actress, Joan Collins at his bedside.

Ron Kass birth names are Ronald Stanley Kashinoff. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, however, the family changed his name to Kass when they moved to California.

Ron Kas attended Fairfax High School in Los Angeles where he played in a band that became Tijuana Brass and then got a degree in accounting from University of California.

Ron Kass worked with at least four recording companies: Liberty, MGM, Warner Brothers, and Apple Records. He had his family settled in Lugano, Switzerland. He first married Anita who was his University sweetheart but they divorced and he met actress, Joan Collins and married her.