A Hollywood PR Legend Passes On
How’s this for a seamless transition from entertainment journalism to the Hollywood publicity ranks?
Per an obit in The Hollywood Reporter, Dale Olson – who passed away Thursday in Burbank at age 78 after a long battle with cancer – started out in 1956 as west coast editor for Box Office magazine. Then, after moving on to Daily Variety, he segued in the mid-1960s to the Mirisch Corp.:
His first assignment was for In the Heat of the Night (1967), which won five Oscars, including Best Picture.
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