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Katie Phillips Dies: UK Publicist & Podcaster Was 46
Phillips, UK publicist, podcaster and founder of PR firm KPPR, has died aged 46.
Starting her career in the early 2000s as part of the Pleasance press office at the Edinburgh Fringe, she went on to work for The Sarah Mitchell Partnership, working on campaigns for The Reduced Shakespeare Company, The Vagina Monologues, Bill Bryson’s Notes From a Small Island, as well as Ricky Gervais, The Jonathan Ross Show, Dara O Briain and Alan Carr. During her time running KPPR, she represented a number of comedy, TV and entertainment personalities, including Ricky Gervais and Omid Djalili. Phillips’ colleagues at KPPR said today: “We will forever be astounded by the consistently positive and forward-thinking way that Katie decided to approach her illness.
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