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Rupert Murdoch, Michael Ovitz and More Honor Late Howard J. Rubenstein in Zoom Memorial
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Nearly 500 people joined a recent virtual service for the giant of New York City public relations, who died Dec. 29 at age 88.
Howard J. Rubenstein the giant of New York City public relations who died Dec. 29 at age 88 used to say that he never worked a day in his life, a claim that his son, Steven, found puzzling before following in his father s footsteps at the firm bearing the family name. As a young man, I found that odd that a person who woke up at 4 a.m. every single day to do paperwork and go through the news and then head out for a jog with a Dictaphone in his hand would say that he never worked, recalled the younger Rubenstein Feb. 16 during a virtual memorial service for his father attended by nearly 500 people. “He worked all the time, but he meant it, work was a joy for him. He woke up every day excited. He loved his family.