Joe Sutton, whose 55-year career in the entertainment business included work as a publicist, manager and radio and TV host, has died. He was 83.
His son, Michael Sutton, confirmed the news to Deadline. A cause of death was not specified.
Joe Sutton was born in Brooklyn in 1937 and moved with his family to Los Angeles three years later. After getting his start as an assistant at Rogers & Cowan, he partnered with Mickey Freeman to establish Freeman and Sutton Public Relations. The firm had two stints in operation, the first in the 1960s and the second mostly in the 1980s and ’90s.
In between, Sutton focused on the music business. As an independent manager, he repped artists including Neil Diamond, Ricky Nelson and Lou Rawls. McA then hired him as EVP of its music division, and he served as COO of the company’s Decca, Kapp and Uni labels.
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His son, Michael Sutton, confirmed the news to Deadline. A cause of death was not specified.
Joe Sutton was born in Brooklyn in 1937 and moved with his family to Los Angeles three years later. After getting his start as an assistant at Rogers & Cowan, he partnered with Mickey Freeman to establish Freeman and Sutton Public Relations. The firm had two stints in operation, the first in the 1960s and the second mostly in the 1980s and ’90s.
In between, Sutton focused on the music business. As an independent manager, he repped artists including Neil Diamond, Ricky Nelson and Lou Rawls. McA then hired him as EVP of its music division, and he served as COO of the company’s Decca, Kapp and Uni labels.
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- 7/17/2020
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Veteran Hollywood publicist Joe Sutton died of health complications on July 16 in hospice care at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, his son Michael announced on Friday. He was 83.
Sutton began his career in PR as an office boy at Rogers & Cowan before the firm made him a publicist. From there, be broke out on his own in 1962 with business partner Mickey Freeman, forming Freeman & Sutton Public Relations. Early clients included a long list of notable names such as Bill Cosby; The Doors; The Smothers Brothers; The Beach Boys; David Dortort and his famed NBC series Bonanza ...
Sutton began his career in PR as an office boy at Rogers & Cowan before the firm made him a publicist. From there, be broke out on his own in 1962 with business partner Mickey Freeman, forming Freeman & Sutton Public Relations. Early clients included a long list of notable names such as Bill Cosby; The Doors; The Smothers Brothers; The Beach Boys; David Dortort and his famed NBC series Bonanza ...
- 7/17/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Veteran Hollywood publicist Joe Sutton died of health complications on July 16 in hospice care at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, his son Michael announced on Friday. He was 83.
Sutton began his career in PR as an office boy at Rogers & Cowan before the firm made him a publicist. From there, be broke out on his own in 1962 with business partner Mickey Freeman, forming Freeman & Sutton Public Relations. Early clients included a long list of notable names such as Bill Cosby; The Doors; The Smothers Brothers; The Beach Boys; David Dortort and his famed NBC series Bonanza ...
Sutton began his career in PR as an office boy at Rogers & Cowan before the firm made him a publicist. From there, be broke out on his own in 1962 with business partner Mickey Freeman, forming Freeman & Sutton Public Relations. Early clients included a long list of notable names such as Bill Cosby; The Doors; The Smothers Brothers; The Beach Boys; David Dortort and his famed NBC series Bonanza ...
- 7/17/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A man from Eden Prairie, Minnesota was charged on Tuesday with two counts of first-degree murder, People has learned. According to a press release from the Hennepin County Attorney's office, 30-year-old Yevgeniy Savenok is being accused of fatally stabbing his pregnant wife Lyuba Savenok, 23. The expectant mother of two was taken to a local hospital where an emergency cesarean section was performed. The baby survived for several minutes, but later died, the documents obtained by People reveal. The alleged incident occurred late Saturday morning when Savenok showed up at the family home and took the couple's two young children, placing...
- 5/18/2016
- by Naja Rayne, @najarayne
- PEOPLE.com
A man from Eden Prairie, Minnesota was charged on Tuesday with two counts of first-degree murder, People has learned. According to a press release from the Hennepin County Attorney's office, 30-year-old Yevgeniy Savenok is being accused of fatally stabbing his pregnant wife Lyuba Savenok, 23. The expecting mother of two was taken to a local hospital where an emergency caesarian section was performed. The baby survived for several minutes, but later died, the documents obtained by People reveal. The alleged incident occurred late Saturday morning when Savenok showed up at the family home and took the couple's two young children, placing...
- 5/18/2016
- by Naja Rayne, @najarayne
- PEOPLE.com
A 57-year-old Minnesota man allegedly wheeled his unresponsive mother into a bank to withdraw cash mere hours before her dead body was discovered in their home amidst "deplorable" conditions, charging documents obtained by People state. According to the documents, David Vanzo allegedly neglected his 90-year-old mother, Caryl Vanzo, for more than two years and continually exploited the ailing woman financially. Between the summer of 2012 and her death on Jan. 5, 2015, Vanzo allegedly took more than $250,000 from Caryl's accounts while also depriving her of food, shelter, health care and supervision. The night she died, police arrived at Caryl's house to find her...
- 3/19/2016
- by Chris Harris, @chrisharrisment
- PEOPLE.com
A 57-year-old Minnesota man allegedly wheeled his unresponsive mother into a bank to withdraw cash mere hours before her dead body was discovered in their home amidst "deplorable" conditions, charging documents obtained by People state. According to the documents, David Vanzo allegedly neglected his 90-year-old mother, Caryl Vanzo, for more than two years and continually exploited the ailing woman financially. Between the summer of 2012 and her death on Jan. 5, 2015, Vanzo allegedly took more than $250,000 from Caryl's accounts while also depriving her of food, shelter, health care and supervision. The night she died, police arrived at Caryl's house to find her...
- 3/19/2016
- by Chris Harris, @chrisharrisment
- PEOPLE.com
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