A successful entertainment attorney who was once a lawyer for Michael Jackson and Andrea Bocelli was found dead in an apparent suicide Friday, coroners officials said. Peter Lopez, 60, died of a gunshot wound at his home in California, coroner's office operations chief Craig Harvey said. Lopez worked with singers, record producers and songwriters and was a co-producer of the Jennifer Lopez film “Selena,” a biopic about the beloved Tejano singer who was killed by the president of her fan club. A neighbor reported hearing a shot and someone at the home found Lopez's body, coroners officials said. Lopez' wife, actress Catherine Bach, and her two daughters suffered a “tragic personal loss,” said her publicist, Steve Rohr. Bach played Daisy Duke in the 1980s TV series “The Dukes of Hazzard.” Lopez was Michael Jackson's music attorney for several years, according to Alfred Newman, a spokesman for the firm Lopez helped found, Kleinberg Lopez Lange Cuddy and amp; Klein. He also represented Bocelli, The Eagles and Michael Buble. “We are deeply shocked and saddened by the unexpected loss of our friend and partner,” the firm said in a statement.
