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Article: Leon Roth.(producer and publicist)(Obituary)(Brief article)
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- Daily Variety
- Article date:
- December 5, 2006
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Producer and publicist Leon Roth died Nov. 24 in Los Angeles of pneumonia. He was 87.
Born in Brooklyn, he was a graduate of City College of New York. He started his career writing for newspapers in the late 1940s, and then moved to United Artists in New York, where he became assistant publicity manager. He was appointed VP and head of publicity when the company opened its offices in Hollywood.
He later became VP and head of publicity for Mirisch Co. Among the publicity campaigns he coordinated and oversaw were those for "West Side Story" "Some Like It Hot," "The Apartment" and "Irma La Douce."
In 1964 he produced "The Luck of Ginger Coffey," ...