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Director Larry Cohen, the man who created "The Invaders," has paid tribute to his sister, publicist Ronni Chasen, who was shot dead in Los Angeles on Tuesday 16 November 2010.  The public relations mogul was shot multiple times while driving her Mercedes-Benz  through Beverly Hills on her way home from the premiere of Cher and Christina Aguilera's new film Burlesque . Her brother Cohen  says, "She was my sister and best friend and we shared so many wonderful times together. Ronni was a loving and  caring  person who treated her clients like they were her own family." Film composer Hans Zimmer, who was also a client of Chasen, added, "I'm profoundly sad, devastated, mad, incredulous and lonely. She was radiant. She knew everybody in the room. She took Chris Nolan over to the next table and introduced him to George Lucas. I was watching her (and) standing there listening to them and I thought, 'There's my friend Ronni, introducing two great direc...

Longtime Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen was fatally shot while driving in Beverly Hills, California. From her days of being the unit publicist on The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover to her being linked to Ridley Scott's composer's work, Ms. Chasen has been on an interesting journey during her intriguing life. Ronni Chasen, 64, a longtime Hollywood publicist, has been identified as the Mercedes Benz driver who was fatally shot in Beverly Hills early Tuesday morning, November 16, 2010, Los Angeles County coroner's spokesman Ed Winter said. Police are still searching for the shooter. Chasen has represented such entertainment luminaries as the late actress Natalie Wood, composer Hans Zimmer, and movie producers Dick Zanuck and Irwin Winkler. Authorities said they arrived at Sunset Boulevard and Whittier Drive about 12:30 a.m. Tuesday and found the Mercedes-Benz E350 crashed into a light pole. Chasen had been shot multiple times in the chest. No one else was in the ca...