Ed passed away peacefully on August 18th at age 91. He was the father of Mark (Janice) Presten, of Orinda, CA and Jennifer (Matthew) Butts, of West Linn, OR, and devoted husband to Carole Lee Presten, ...
He fed material to gossip columns, buttered up reporters and banged on typewriters from the heyday of the Copacabana to the rise of reality TV. By Alex Traub Sy Presten, a press agent who supplied ...
It was one big reunion for publicist Sy Presten, who used to give items to gossip columnist Walter Winchell, at the sold-out Don Rickles/Regis Philbin show at the Borgata in Atlantic City, New Jersey, ...
The press agent Sy Presten is an old hand in the gossip business. The oldest, probably. Ninety-five and still working. Got his start in 1944. Remembers the rules for pitching items to Walter Winchell.
Sy Presten, who turns 95 on May 23 in New York, remembers when the publicity business was fun. By Paul Brownfield Several women were accusing Joseph R. Biden Jr., about to announce he was running for ...
Comedy series about comedian Bjarte Tjøstheim, who after a near-death experience decides to quit the popular radio show Radioresepsjonen and start a new and more meaningful life as a priest.
Dwyer senior Presten Augustin was sidelined for his junior season with a stress fracture in his foot from overtraining, but after putting in the work, he rebounded to turn in a big final year for the ...
NEW YORK – Sy Presten, a press agent who supplied gags and gossip to newspaper columnists for so long – three-quarters of a century – that he finally became his own best material, died Oct. 18 at his ...