Al Geary, founder of Shore Bets Unique Event Entertainment, died Aug. 15 at age 65. His talent management agency, based in Abington, Pa., had long provided the venues of Long Beach Island and beyond with era-defining, dance floor-fueling regional musical acts, and earlier in his career he was responsible for bringing world-famous music legends to the Island.

Geary grew up in Delaware County, Pa., attended St. Joseph’s Preparatory School in Philadelphia (Class of 1976) and earned a bachelor’s…