Dick Guttman, a longtime Hollywood publicity executive and screenwriter, dies at age 93. Variety, Deadline, and The Hollywood Reporter report that he dies on Sept. 19 in Los Altos, California, though Deadline frames the death as occurring “Saturday,” aligning with the same date reported by other outlets.
Across the outlets, Guttman is widely described as having served as a publicist for a broad roster of major film and entertainment stars. The Hollywood Reporter and other sources list clients such as Barbra Streisand, Clint Eastwood, Paul Newman, Audrey Hepburn, and William Shatner, among others. Variety adds that his career included decades of publicity work at Rogers & Cowan and later through his own companies, Guttman and Pam and Guttman Associates. Deadline emphasizes the breadth of his client list, including additional names such as Elizabeth Taylor and Gene Hackman.
While the articles differ in how they structure their biographical details—some focusing more on professional affiliations and others on the size of the client roster—they consistently characterize Guttman as a veteran Hollywood publicist with decades of experience representing high-profile talent.
