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| Marcia Horowitz |
Marcia Horowitz, a force of nature at Rubenstein Assocs., died Feb. 10 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 68.
The former press aide to New York mayor Abe Beame joined Howard Rubenstein's firm 41 years ago.
She handled crisis PR, litigation support and reputation management assignments for clients such as Estee Lauder, Mount Sinai Hospital System, Phillips Van Heusen, ACLU, American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Cooper Tire and Apollo Management.
The family requests donations in Horowitz's memory be made to The Museum of Jewish Heritage, A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, Marcia Horowitz Education Fund for Cross-Cultural Awareness; Lustgarten Foundation, Pancreatic Cancer Research and Let's Win! Pancreatic Cancer.
Gloria Steinem, who was the face of feminism for a generation, as well as a trailblazer in the media business, passed away on Sept. 2. She was 92.
Leslie Gottlieb, who had a long history of helping nonprofits and charitable organizations tell their stories, passed away on July 15. She was 82.
Frank Ramos, who headed the PR department for the doomed-to-fail New York Jets for 39 years, died on Jan. 27. He was 87.
He practiced PR for 70 years. We were friends for 30. Here's the wizard I knew.
Andy Stanton, who was director of finance at Stanton PR, died Nov. 12 in New York. He was 39.
