{
  "id": 3361432,
  "title": "Leonard Morpurgo Dies: Longtime Publicist For Universal, Columbia, Rogers & Cowan, More Was 93",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/leonard-morpurgo-dies-longtime-publicist-for-universal-columbia",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-25T21:59:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/08/leonard-morpurgo-dead-1237049957/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Leonard Morpurgo, a longtime international film publicist who served in senior roles at Universal Studios, Columbia Pictures, Rogers & Cowan and elsewhere, has died at 93. Weissman/Markovitz Communications, where Morpurgo was VP, told Deadline that died August 12 of cancer. Before his stint at Weissman/Markovitz, he served as international VP of Rogers & Cowan Public […]",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Variety",
        "title": "Veteran Hollywood Publicist Leonard Morpurgo Dies at 93",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/veteran-hollywood-publicist-leonard-morpurgo-dies-at-93",
        "published": "2026-08-25T20:11:18.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}