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FILE - In this March 5, 2006 file photo, Reese Witherspoon, nominated for an Oscar for best actress in a leading role for her work in "Walk the Line," arrives for the 78th Academy Awards in Los Angeles, as her publicist Nanci Ryder, left, looks on. Ryder, a powerful Hollywood publicist and co-founder of BWR Public Relations died Thursday, June 11, 2020, of Lou Gehrig’s disease in Los Angeles. She was 67. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Hollywood power publicist and pal to stars Nanci Ryder dies

By Mark Kennedy Jun. 11, 2020 11:26 PM EDT