Veteran publicist Friedkin dies at 81

By 2008-05-27T21:11:00

John Friedkin, a veteran publicist and studio executive who started out as an adman and moved into publicity to represent Tony Bennett, died of respiratory failure on May 11 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 81.Friedkin was born in New York on December 9, 1926, and graduated ...

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