Former B-M CEO Jim Dowling Dies at 90
Sat, Dec. 18, 2021
By Kevin McCauley
Jim Dowling, the former CEO of Burson-Marsteller who played a key role in handling Johnson & Johnson’s Tylenol crisis, died Dec. 15. He was 90.
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Jim Dowling, the former CEO of Burson-Marsteller who played a key role in handling Johnson & Johnson’s Tylenol crisis, died Dec. 15. He was 90.
David Finn, a founding father of modern PR who launched Ruder Finn in 1948 with Bill Ruder, has died. He celebrated his 100th birthday on Aug. 30.
Bobby Zarem, the legendary press agent who represented Hollywood’s top celebrities, died Sept. 26 of complications from lung cancer. He was 84.
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Matt Zachowski, who co-founded Intermarket financial PR firm 35 years ago with Martin Mosbacher, died Sept. 12 after a long illness. He was 68.
Aaron Cushman, a public relations executive who counseled stars such as Milton Berle, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Sammy Davis Jr. and the Three Stooges, died on April 17. He was 96.
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Rush Limbaugh, conservative talk radio host who skewered feminists, minorities, environmentalists and liberals, died today from lung cancer. He was 70.
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Richard Goldstein, an O’Dwyer’s columnist specializing in financial issues affecting the public relations industry, died on February 10 at the age of 74.
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E. Bruce Harrison, who co-founded with his wife, Patricia, one of the most successful PR firms dedicated to environmental communications, died Jan. 16. The "Dean of Green PR" was 88.
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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.
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