Dale Olson lost his battle with cancer on Thursday (09Aug12). He was 78.
Olson was head of the motion picture division of public relations firm Rogers & Cowan for 18 years before he resigned in 1985.
Prior to his career as a publicist, he worked as a reporter and reviewer for Daily Variety and founded the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle.
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As well as Hudson, Olson represented Marilyn Monroe, Clint Eastwood, Steve McQueen and Laurence Olivier, among others.
He was awarded the Actors Fund Medal of Honor last month (Jul12).
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