Howard J. Rubenstein, Public Relations Impresario, Dies at 88
He polished the tarnished images of the rich, the famous and the flawed, with clients that included Donald J. Trump, Rupert Murdoch and George M. Steinbrenner.
Howard J. Rubenstein in his office in 2004. When crises struck celebrities, politicians, corporations or cultural institutions, he was a fixer of choice.Credit.Vincent Laforet/The New York Times
Dec. 29, 2020
Howard J. Rubenstein, who softened life’s blows and polished the tarnished images of the rich, the famous and the flawed for more than 65 years in becoming New York’s pre-eminent public relations impresario, died on Tuesday at his home in Manhattan. He was 88.