Joe Sutton, whose 55-year career in the entertainment business included work as a publicist, manager and radio and TV host, has died. He was 83.
His son, Michael Sutton, confirmed the news to Deadline. A cause of death was not specified.
Joe Sutton was born in Brooklyn in 1937 and moved with his family to Los Angeles three years later. After getting his start as an assistant at Rogers & Cowan, he partnered with Mickey Freeman to establish Freeman and Sutton Public Relations. The firm had two stints in operation, the first in the 1960s and the second mostly in the 1980s and ’90s.
In between, Sutton focused on the music business. As an independent manager, he repped artists including Neil Diamond, Ricky Nelson and Lou Rawls. McA then hired him as EVP of its music division, and he served as COO of the company’s Decca, Kapp and Uni labels.
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His son, Michael Sutton, confirmed the news to Deadline. A cause of death was not specified.
Joe Sutton was born in Brooklyn in 1937 and moved with his family to Los Angeles three years later. After getting his start as an assistant at Rogers & Cowan, he partnered with Mickey Freeman to establish Freeman and Sutton Public Relations. The firm had two stints in operation, the first in the 1960s and the second mostly in the 1980s and ’90s.
In between, Sutton focused on the music business. As an independent manager, he repped artists including Neil Diamond, Ricky Nelson and Lou Rawls. McA then hired him as EVP of its music division, and he served as COO of the company’s Decca, Kapp and Uni labels.
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