John Madden, longtime administrative assistant to legendary Variety editor-in-chief Abel Green and a legit theatre reporter for the Weekly, died Sept. 10 at Memorial Regional South Hospital in Hollywood, Florida.
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We were saddened to learn that long-time Miami-based Variety stringer, Jack Zink, recently passed away. Variety ran the following obit on August 18:
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by MIKE MALAK
The following contribution was sent to us by Daily Variety’s former ad manager, Mike Malak. No one else we contacted seemed to know much about Williams, when exactly he was hired, when he passed away nor anything else about him. He is mentioned in relatiion to an anecdote on three of the pages of “Inside Variety” and was a member of the staff at the Daily during the editorship of Arthur Ungar, the first editor-in-chief of the Daily who was appointed by Sime in 1933.
Mike has promised to submit a number of other “portraits” of some of the muggs at the old Daily on Cahuenga Blvd. We look forward to seeing these, especially since the emphasis so far on Simesite has tended to be the New York and overseas operations of the paper, partly because few, with the notable exception of Morrie Gelman, have sent contributions to us. So Mike’s forthcoming copy will somewhat offset that lack.
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Simesite has been contacted by a lady, a former friend of Norma Nannini’s, who sent us an e-mail for you. But the only e-mail contact we have for you is at Nielsen, which we know you’re no longer with. So please drop Peter Besas (pbesas@hotmail.com) a line and let us know where to reach you.
by ROBERT MARICH
Frank Meyer’s Memorial took place in a picturesque rural setting that was far away from his career in Manhattan as a Variety reporter and managing editor, a post he left in 1991.
Frank passed away at age 71 on Jan. 30 2007 and his memorial — exactly eight months later, on Sept. 30 — drew a crowd of 100 friends and family. On hand from Variety were Syd and Joan Silverman, Phil DiMauro, Matt Silverman and Robert Marich.
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