Jerry Weintraub

Jerry Weintraub died after a 30-hour hospital stay that ended with a bowel rupture that triggered 2 heart attacks ... family sources tell TMZ. We're told Weintraub was staying at the Biltmore Hotel in Montecito over the weekend. He attended a 4th of July bbq Saturday night, and began feeling ill…

It's not the beginning of a joke, but rather a funny story über-producer Jerry Weintraub left out of his crazy-good memoir, "When I Stop Talking, You'll Know I'm Dead." You know it's a good story when Bruce Willis just stands there silently listening.