How is it that the obituary in one of the main trade magazines and all of the statements from celebrity clients failed to mention, the now dead publicist’s long issues with child molesting and child p**n.

Are we just going to pretend it didn’t happen?

I bet the former A+ list actor with the troubled history is probably breathing a sigh of relief that a bunch of their shared secrets are headed to the grave.

Jeffrey Ballard

Charlie Sheen

Jeffrey Ballard, Publicist for Charlie Sheen, Paula Abdul and Many Others, Dies at 64

He started out in the business while in high school and also worked with Nancy Reagan, Dick Van Patten, Johnny Depp and Lori Loughlin.

Jeffrey Ballard, the veteran publicist who represented the likes of Charlie Sheen, Lori Loughlin, Johnny Depp, Paula Abdul and Matthew Perry, has died. He was 64.

Ballard died Jan. 30 at UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center after a long battle with lymphoma, Brad Bessey, director of communications and talent relations of Project Angel Food, told The Hollywood Reporter.

Ballard’s client roster at one time or another also included Zac Efron, Ryan Seacrest, C. Thomas Howell, Rob Gronkowski, Kristy McNicol, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Jared Leto, Willie Aames, Jerry Van Dyke, Cary Elwes, Bernie Koppel, Peter Marshall and Corbin Bernsen.

Ballard repped Sheen during his Oscar campaigns for Platoon (1986) and Wall Street (1987).

“While, most publicists react, he thinks far in advance, evaluates any likely outcomes, and then figures out what we ought to do,” Sheen once said. “I’ve never met another person in the industry who does this as well, and he’s never short on showing common courtesy to everyone he encounters.”

He was a co-executive producer on Sheen’s 2012-14 FX series Anger Management. – Source

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