Image by law_keven via Flickr By Randy Economy
www.Economy4ABC.Blogspot.com
November 17, 201012:56 p.m.
Beverly Hills, CA
Funeral arrangements for Hollywood super promoter Ronni Sue Chasen have been announced.
Chasen was brutally murdered early Tuesday morning while she sat in her car along Sunset Boulevard and Whittier Drive in Beverly Hills. The person or persons responsible for this horrific crime is still at large. Police have very few clues and the investigation continues.
Here are the details of the funeral:
Location: Hillside Memorial Park and Mortuary
6001 W. Centinela Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90045
(310) 641-0707
Date of Service: 11-21-2010
Time of Service: 11:00AM
Location: Large Chapel
Memorial Donations can be sent the Tower Cancer Research Foundation in Beverly Hills.
Jewish traditions recognize that death is an inevitable and necessary part of life. The rituals observed at the time of death and during mourning help us experience our sorrow and find peace through our bonds with family and community.6001 W. Centinela Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90045
(310) 641-0707
Date of Service: 11-21-2010
Time of Service: 11:00AM
Location: Large Chapel
Memorial Donations can be sent the Tower Cancer Research Foundation in Beverly Hills.
3 comments:
RIP Ronni. I cannot believe this happened. I am so sad, and so so angry!
Randy, thank you for removing that "disrespectful" comment that was previously listed. Every SINGLE one of RONNI'S friends are in deep shock, and we ALL want JUSTICE....ASAP!
Chasen was called "Hollywood's ultimate old-school publicist" by Los Angeles Times film critic Patrick Goldstein in an article posted about Chasen's murder.[2]
[edit] Biography
Born as Veronica N. Cohen in Kingston, New York in 1946, Chasen was known in Hollywood for her PR work on such films as Driving Miss Daisy, On Golden Pond, and the second film in the Oliver Stone/Michael Douglas Wall Street movie franchise, Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps. She was pushing for Oscar recognition for Douglas in his role as the money hungry, risk averse character Gordon Gekko.[3]
In addition to being named the Senior Vice President for Publicity at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1993[4], Chasen owned the PR firm Chasen & Co., in which she focused on artists who composed film music, such as Trevor Horn, Mark Isham, Hans Zimmer, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, and brothers David and Thomas Newman.[5]
Chasen began her career in Hollywood in the early 1970s, working for the B-movie factory American International Pictures and doing PR for a blaxploitation film directed by her brother Larry Cohen. According to Los Angeles Times film critic Patrick Goldstein, Chasen reminisced about her early years while working with George Burns on the hit 1970s film The Sunshine Boys and coaching the budding star John Travolta on how to handle his first interview after his fame first broke during Welcome Back Kotter.[6]
[edit] Death
Chasen was shot early in the morning on November 16, 2010, at approximately 12:28 a.m. PST, in Beverly Hills as she was driving home from the Hollywood premiere of the film Burlesque.
She is survived by her brother, film director Larry Cohen.
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