Disney's Gov't Relations Chief Bates Dies at 70
Mon, Jan. 4, 2021
By Kevin McCauley
Richard Bates, senior VP-government relations at Walt Disney Co., died Dec. 31. He was 70.
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Richard Bates, senior VP-government relations at Walt Disney Co., died Dec. 31. He was 70.
Howard Rubenstein, who burnished the reputations of people ranging from Abe Beame to George Steinbrenner to Donald Trump, died on Dec. 29 at the age of 88.
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Joseph M. McCarthy, a veteran public relations and public affairs practitioner who was founding partner and chairman of global PR network Pinnacle Worldwide, died in November at age 84.
Jay Van Vechten, who ran Van Vechten & Co. PR firm for 32 years and was an advocate for disabled people, died July 11 in Boca Raton. He was 75.
Nanci Ryder, who co-founded BWR Public Relations with Paul Baker and Larry Winokur, died of ALS on June 11. She was 67.
Donna Morrissey, who served as spokeswoman for the Boston Archdiocese during the sex abuse scandal, died May 22 from complications related to COVID-19. She was 51.
Simon & Shuster president & CEO Carolyn Reidy died today of a heart attack. She was 71.
Gil Schwartz, long-time PR chief at CBS and author, died May 2 at his home in Santa Monica. He was 68.
Jim Tsokanos, former president of MSL Group, died April 17 from COVID-19. He spent a dozen years at the now Publicis Groupe unit before exiting in 2012.
Larry Rasky, chairman and CEO of Boston-based Rasky Partners, Inc., died Sunday at the age of 69.
Marcia Horowitz, a force of nature at Rubenstein Assocs., Feb. 10 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 68.
Jim Lehrer, who teamed with Robert MacNeil in 1975 to launch “The MacNeil/Lehrer Report” on PBS, died today. He was 85.
Ed Filipowski, who handled public relations for many of the world’s top fashion brands, including Tom Ford, Gucci, Alexander McQueen, Givenchy, Versace and Marc Jacobs, died on Jan. 10.
Harold Burson, co-founder of Burson-Marsteller and one of the most influential figures in PR history, has passed away at the age of 98.
Craig Bloomfield, who was a senior consultant, content development with Akrete as well as collaborating with such marketing services companies as Belniak Media and KTPR Communications, died unexpectedly on Nov. 30.
Jim Abernathy, founder/executive chairman of Abernathy MacGregor, died Nov. 17. He was 78.
Arthur Sando, who was PR executive at the fledgling Turner Broadcasting and CNN, died of an apparent heart attack on Sept. 3 at Georgetown University Hospital. He was 71.
Controversial British PR man Tim Bell, who made his name as Margaret Thatcher’s image-maker, died Aug 25. He was 77.
The Washington Post remembers Jack O'Dwyer as the 'soul and conscience of the PR industry." His PR newsletter "made him an industry watchdog and, in the view of many, raised the standards of the PR profession."
Jack O'Dwyer, who launched his pioneering Jack O'Dwyer's Newsletter 50 years ago, died Dec. 19. He was 85. (75 reader comments)
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