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Ben Halpern Dies: Former United Artists & Universal Publicist Was 99

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Longtime film and TV publicist Ben Halpern passed away peacefully on Jan. 16 at his home, surrounded by his family. He was three weeks shy of his 100th birthday.Born in New York City, Halpern was the fourth and youngest child of Jewish immigrants from Central Europe.

As a small child growing up on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, he enjoyed wandering into all the theaters in his neighborhood, collecting film scraps from projectionists to make slide shows for his brother and sisters.The live of cinema led Halpern to New York University’s nascent film school, which he left to enlist in the Army Air Corps during World War II.

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