Chuck Wein

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Chuck Wein (1940 - March 18, 2008) is an American business manager and former associate of Andy Warhol.

He graduated from Taylor Allerdice High School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1957 and from Harvard University in 1961. He met Warhol superstar Edie Sedgwick in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1963 and moved with her to New York in 1964, acting as her promoter. He introduced her to Warhol in January 1965, and began taking her regularly to The Factory.

He left Warhol's circle to travel the world, manage bizarre nightclub acts, and focus on the occult. He appears in the short documentary film Superartist (1967) about Warhol, and is credited as director of the Jimi Hendrix concert film Rainbow Bridge (1972).

Wein is portrayed by Jimmy Fallon in the 2007 film Factory Girl.