Gene Schwam, Hollywood Publicist to Elvis Presley, Judy Garland and Julie Andrews, Dies at 96
Gene Schwam, the veteran Hollywood publicist who worked with the likes of Elvis Presley, Judy Garland, Julie Andrews, Barbara Eden and Blake Edwards, has died. He was 96. Schwam died Friday in Los Angeles following a brief illness. In 1954, he was working with fellow publicist Stanley Cowan making $35 per week, when he decided…