Robert Werden, a longtime film industry publicist who handled the Academy’s Oscars publicity for 18 years, has died. He was 94.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said he died of natural causes at his Los Angeles home but didn’t provide the date.An AMPAS member since 1983, Werden handled the publicity for the Oscars from 1975-93.
For more than a decade, he served on both the Foreign Language Film Committee and the Documentary Film Committee for the Academy Awards.
Werden served as a judge for the Academy’s Nicholl Fellowships and the Academy Student Film Awards.He also served as Treasurer of the Publicists Guild and was one of the founders of the Entertainment Publicists Professional Society.
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