PASSINGS : Joe Collins; Agent for Host of Stars

Joe Collins, 85, British theatrical agent for such stars as the Beatles, whose 1963 and ’64 London Christmas shows he devised and whose other clients over a 50-year career included Peter Sellers, Vera Lynn, Roger Moore and Shirley Bassey. He also was the father of “Dynasty” star Joan Collins and novelist Jackie Collins. “I think I can claim that almost every person in every land has had some form of entertainment, some pleasure brought their way by one member or another of my family,” he wrote in his autobiography, “A Touch of Collins.” In London on Friday of a kidney infection.