Julius Sprechman; Film Company Accountant, Novelist

Julius Sprechman, 73, film company accountant who became the novelist J.R. Sprechman when he was 66. After serving in World War II, Sprechman joined MGM as senior accountant and systems analyst, and later worked for producer Joseph E. Levine and Embassy Pictures. In 1981 he joined Kaleidoscope Films, which produces trailers and commercials, and was chief financial officer at the time of his death. In 1986, Sprechman realized a 40-year dream when he wrote and published the metaphysical thriller “Caribe.” He had been working on a new novel. On Wednesday in Los Angeles of heart failure.