Ronnie F. Lippin, 59; publicist-manager for many pop music stars
Ronnie F. Lippin, 59, a leading pop music publicist and manager, died Monday of breast cancer at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
Lippin was president of the international entertainment marketing and public relations firm the Lippin Group. Her husband, Dick Lippin, is chairman and chief executive of the Los Angeles-based firm.
Ronnie Lippin served as co-manager for Brian Wilson for several years and, at various times, was public relations representative for Prince, Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, Olivia Newton-John and Stephen Stills.
A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., Lippin attended Sarah Lawrence College and the Sorbonne. After college, she worked at Parents magazine as a junior film critic before going into public relations with the Solters and Roskin agency in New York City.
After her marriage to Dick Lippin, the couple moved to Los Angeles, where she worked for MCA Records and Elton John’s record company.
In 1989, she joined the Lippin Group, started by her husband in 1986.
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