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PR legend Howard Rubenstein passed away Tuesday (December 29) after a career in public relations spanning more than 60 years.
His death was announced Tuesday night by his son Steven, president of Rubenstein, the PR firm founded in Brooklyn by his father in his mother’s kitchen in January 1954.
Rubenstein said: “It is with great sadness that I share the news that my father, Howard J. Rubenstein, passed away today after 88 years of what can only be described as a big, full life.”
He went on to say: “My dad saw himself as a kid from Bensonhurst, a Harvard Law School dropout who had been afforded enormous opportunity in and by New York City. But that narrative understates how hard he worked to become one of the most sought-after counselors and advisers to leaders, businesses, and civic institutions.