Overview
- Leonard Morpurgo died of cancer on Aug. 12 in Los Angeles, his firm Weissman/Markovitz Communications confirmed.
- His work spanned more than 50 years and included senior publicity roles at Rogers & Cowan, Universal, Columbia, CBS Theatrical Films and Lorimar.
- He served on the Academy’s International Feature Film Committee and was a member of BAFTA Los Angeles, reflecting a career that bridged European and U.S. markets.
- Morpurgo published a 2009 memoir, was nominated for the International Cinematographers Guild’s Les Mason Award in 2022, and in his final months saw his needlepoint art shown in a virtual‑reality gallery.
- Colleagues remember him as a raconteur and generous mentor whose death removes a long‑standing source of institutional memory; a celebration of life will be announced.