Michael Gerety, Former Publicist and MGM Executive, Dies at 82 – Hollywood Reporter

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He also worked at American International Pictures and Newslink Corp. during his long career.
By Mike Barnes
Senior Editor
Michael Gerety, who worked as a distribution executive with MGM and as a publicist who represented the likes of Julie Andrews, James Garner and Chuck Norris, died Monday in Los Angeles, his family announced. He was 82.
Born on Oct 30, 1942, and raised in Freeport, Long Island, Gerety served overseas with the U.S. Navy before he was hired by MGM in 1965 as a regional advertising publicity representative, working in Chicago, Atlanta and Dallas.
He left MGM briefly to join Durwood Theaters as district manager as it began its national expansion (its theaters would ultimately be known as AMC Theaters). After a year, Gerety returned to MGM and transferred to its Culver City studios in 1972, where he remained through the merger with United Artists.

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