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Richard Kahn, Former AMPAS President and Studio Marketing Exec, Dies at 95
Richard Kahn, a marketing executive who served as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1988 to 1989, died Saturday.
Richard Kahn, a longtime marketing executive who served as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1988 to 1989, died Saturday in Los Angeles. Over a six-decade career, Kahn worked at Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, overseeing marketing campaigns for films including “The Bridge on the River Kwai,” “The Guns of Navarone,” “Lawrence of Arabia,” “A Man for All Seasons,” “Funny Girl,” “Oliver!,” “The Sunshine Boys,” “Network” and “Clash of the Titans.” At the Academy, he helped launch initiatives such as new member receptions and headed the Public Relations Coordinating Committee, which created the Nominees Luncheon in 1982.
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