Veteran Variety, film scribe and copy editor George Gilbert, 92, passed away in a hospital near his home in Crystal River, Florida, on the evening of February 12. His daughter, Corinne Pinkos, was with him at the end and says his illness was sudden. He was suffering from a bad cold that he just couldn’t seem to kick.
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Herb Golden bowed out loving Variety right to final curtain
By PETER BESAS
For years Variety’s oldest surviving mugg, Herb Golden, passed away October 31, aged 91.
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Show biz coverage part of her success story
Jane Barton, Variety’s Albany correspondent for 20 years covering the New York State capital and the state legislature, died April 1 at her longtime home at Windy Hill, Charleston in New York State’s Montgomery County. She was 86.
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