Gene Walsh, Veteran NBC PR Executive, Dies at 87
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variety.comTim Gray Senior Vice PresidentLongtime NBC press-publicity exec Gene Walsh died Sept. 1 at his home in Burbank. He was 87; publicist Charlie Barrett said Walsh died of natural causes.Walsh was with NBC’s press and publicity departments for 30 years, from 1961 to 1991.
He was the only executive to head that department for the broadcasting company at its two major production centers, New York City and Burbank.He joined in New York in 1961 and worked in the magazine, trade and program publicity units.
In 1973 he was promoted to head the 50-member department and was named an NBC VP in 1975. Two years later, he was transferred to Burbank and headed the 45-member department.
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