Mickey Cottrell, Hollywood publicist, ‘Star Trek’ actor and producer, dead at 79
nypost.coma veteran Hollywood publicist, who championed independent films for decades and also dabbled in acting, has died. He was 79.Cottrell died on New Year’s Day at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills in Los Angeles, California.His sister Suzy Cottrell confirmed his death and posted a tribute to her late brother on Facebook.“My adorable, fun, critical, foodie, particular, brilliant, loving brother passed on to the next life early on New Year’s Day,” she wrote. “He was smiling when he died.
Mickey Cottrell will be missed by many.”The Post has reached out to reps of Cottrell for comment.Cottrell lived with his sister in Arkansas after he suffered a stroke in 2016 and then returned to L.A.
in 2019.Born on Sept. 4, 1944, in Little Rock, Arkansas, Cottrell began his career in publicity at Landmark Theaters in 1982.
In 1989 he launched Cottrell and Lindeman Associates, and in 2002 he started his firm and named it Mickey Cottrell Film Publicity.
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