John Simes, Former Publicist for Dustin Hoffman, Liza Minnelli, Dies at 86
John Simes, a longtime Hollywood agency and studio publicist whose clients over the years included Debbie Reynolds, Rosemary Clooney, the Harlem Globetrotters, Dustin Hoffman, Sammy Davis Jr. and Liza Minnelli, has died. He was 86. Simes began his work in Hollywood in 1961 as VP advertising/publicity for Statewide Theaters, a chain of 50 movie houses... Read more »