(Rick Bowmer | The Associated Press) Fred Malek gestures during an interview with the Associated Press in his Washington office Thursday, May 16, 2002. Fred Malek, a Washington-area business executive who led Marriott Hotels and Northwest Airlines, raised millions for the Republican Party and advised four presidents during a career that was shadowed by his role in President Richard Nixon's crusade against a "Jewish cabal" in the government, died Sunday. He was 82.