Gary Wichard, a prominent sports agent who was the inspiration for the movie, "Jerry Maguire," died Friday morning at his home in Westlake Village, Calif., after a year-long battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 60. In the early 1990s, film director Cameron Crowe noticed a magazine photo of Wichard hugging one of his clients, and Crowe said he then brainstormed a script about a football agent who had a close relationship with one of his players. The movie, starring Tom Cruise, later earned an Oscar nomination for Best Picture. Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=6207397
