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Lee Solters Obituary
Solters' namesake public relations firm says the New York native died at his West Hollywood, Calif. home on Monday morning.
Solters represented some of entertainment's biggest stars, including Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Michael Jackson, Dolly Parton, the Muppets, Mae West and Led Zeppelin. Born in Brooklyn in 1919, Solters covered high school basketball for the New York Times before establishing his own publicity firm. He worked with Broadway productions, representing "Guys and Dolls," ''Funny Girl" and 300 others.
Solters is survived by his son and daughter, two grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press
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Kevin Wafford
June 19, 2009
I was deeply sadden by the following and wanted to share this item with you.
It is so amazing how God connect us all together with just a thought. About two months ago I was wondering how my old boss and mentor was doing.
I had not been back to California since 2005. But Lee's name kept crossing my mind and I just felt something on the inside of me saying I hope he is OK and to check on what he's been up to.
So last month I Goggled his name and got side tracked and was directed to Lee's accomplishments. And the sad news of his death never came up.
So today I was just wondering again how he was doing as I was cooking my Friday dinner and decided to Goggle his name again. And only to find that he past away May 9, 2009 and had been called home to glory.
Lee, gave me my real start in public relations. He was the first to hire me as a Publicist with his major PR Agency. Before that I had worked independently for several years on my on and out of my house.
I remember the call from Steve Levesque asking me if I would be interested in coming to work with the Solters Roskin and Friedman Agency. I told him I was doing independent publicity and had a few clients of my on. I was kind of shocked not knowing who made the referral or if he had just seen my work.
So he asked me to come in for a meeting and talk about working with the agency. Afterwards, I called my mentor, friend, spiritual adviser and confident Makeda Smith and best friend Tyrone VanHosen and told them about the position. And asked what should I do.
I told them of all the clients that agency represented and they encouraged me to take the job. Meaning I would have to give up my on company. So I called Steve back the next day and told him I would love to come in and meet. After that I did the necessary interviews and I was hired.
The agency taught me every thing I thought I knew about public relations. In addition to having my on accounts, I worked on all of the Motown act's, MC Hammer and his Busted Records acts as well. We all consulted and pitched new clients while we shared our knowledge and expertise on all of the accounts that the agency represented.
I will never forget Lee and his respect for everyone he ever worked with. And the respect people had for him. Lee, help make the stars but he was our star.
I recall when I got my golden retriever I asked around the office what name should I call him. Steve told me an old name that had been given to Lee in his early days and it was "NUZZY". And boy I loved it. So I named him Nuzzy. A real girl magnet in the office to. People would always ask me how did I come up with that name ...And I told them it was my boss name back in the old days of Sinatra.
But Lee still inspires me to this day. I can still hear his stutter commanding voice answer the phone saying "Hea,Hea Hello this is Lee Solters".
A REAL public relation Star and Hero.
God Bless "BOSS"
RIP
Kevin L. Wafford
May 28, 2009
To the family of Mr. Solters,
May God comfort your hearts as you deal with this loss.
May 26, 2009
lee solters was truly a kind man . unassumming of the greatness ,he had achieved i send with devotion my heart felt message of condolences to his children , his grandchildren and great grand child , my deepest blessing in time of need ,
Ellen m Stone
May 24, 2009
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Robert Louie
May 21, 2009
RIP Lee you will be missed.God be with you.
May 19, 2009
God be with you and your fanily. RIP.
N Hernandez
May 19, 2009
RIP, Lee.
. D.ZIMMERMAN
May 19, 2009
REST IN PEACE, LEE SOLTERS
May 19, 2009
My condolences to the Solters family. I have many pleasant memories when Ray Katz and Lee would come to Lennie and Debbie Green's home in Palm Desert for weekend visits just to get away and relax. Oh what stories told! Lee is in a a new dimension forever. God has rested his soul.
Chuck Cotton
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