by Thom Forbes on Oct 2, 7:49 AM
James E. Burke, a marketing guy who became chairman and CEO of Johnson & Johnson and, in "retirement," chairman of the Partnership for a Drug-Free America, conducted his life in a way that makes strangers wish they had known them and friends and colleagues feel blessed that they did. He died Friday in New Jersey at 87.
by Thom Forbes on Oct 1, 7:55 AM
"Frankenweenie," Tim Burton's full-length, 3D stop-action animated and "Johnny Depp-free" remake of a live-action short he did in 1984 -- remember when that was a portentous year from the other side of the time/space continuum? -- opens this Friday but the public relations and marketing engines have been operating at full throttle for a while now.