Dave McNary, a veteran reporter who tirelessly covered the film and labor beats at Variety for more than 20 years, died Saturday in Pasadena, Calif.
He was 69.McNary suffered a stroke and had been hospitalized since Dec. 19, according to his wife, Sharon McNary, veteran journalist and KPCC-FM infrastructure correspondent.McNary had a more than 40-year career in journalism, much of it spent as an entertainment industry business reporter.
He worked for UPI, the Los Angeles Daily News, Pasadena Star-News and others before joining Variety in late 1999.He was a prolific reporter who filed dozens of stories a week, mostly focusing on the independent film business, box office, production in Southern California as well as SAG-AFTRA, IATSE, the.
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