Legendary Publicist Esme Chandlee Dies at 94
Esme Chandlee, a publicist who started out working for Louis B. Mayer at MGM and wound up representing pretty much everyone from Clark Gable to Tom Selleck during her 60-year-plus career, has died. She was 94. Chandlee died peacefully in her sleep Nov. 24 in her Hollywood Hills home, according to friend Tony Rizzo. She began at MGM in 1942 opening fan mail and did not retire from show business until she was 89. Photos: Hollywood's Notable Deaths of 2012 At MGM, Chandlee represented Gable, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Garland, Elizabeth Taylor, James Stewart, Spencer Tracy, Ava Gardner, Grace Kelly,
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- 11/27/2012
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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