Robert Werden, who handled publicity for the Academy Awards for nearly two decades, died Oct. 31 of natural causes at his home in Los Angeles, his daughter, Franchesca Werden, announced.
He was 94. Werden also worked as a unit publicist on 40-plus motion pictures, including Airport (1970), The Deer Hunter(1978), Superman (1978), The Long Riders (1980), Pennies From Heaven (1981) and The Peacemaker(1997).
He did PR for the Oscars from 1975 to 1993, was a member of the Academy's foreign-language and documentary committees for more than a decade and was a judge for its Nicholl Fellowships and Student Film Awards.
Born in Brooklyn, Werden served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and survived the Battle of Leyte Gulf in 1944. He earned his.
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