Jeff Rose, a publicist with Screen Gems and Paramount Television in the 1960s, died Thursday of natural causes at his home in West Hollywood, his family announced.
He was 88. Rose also worked as a writer and talent coordinator on Jerry Lewis' annual muscular dystrophy telethons in the '70s and '80s and served as a board member for the nonprofit Southern California Sports Broadcasters organization for years.
Born in Brooklyn on July 14, 1931, Rose attended Poly Prep in Brooklyn, the University of Pennsylvania — where he was on (and helped coach) the varsity tennis and soccer teams — and Cornell Law School.
Read more on hollywoodreporter.com