Michael Sands (media)
Michael Sands | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Michael Jay Shapiro |
| Born | December 14, 1945 Los Angeles, California |
Michael Sands (December 14, 1945 – April 6, 2012)
Biography
Sands acted in various roles, including in the Dennis DeYoung Music Video "Don't Wait for Heroes," and frequently discussed celebrity images in the national media.[7][8][9] Through producing CelebrityDoctor.co in the late 1990s, Sands pioneered the trend for live TV/web screenings of face-lifts, most famously with Arabella Churchill.[10][11]
The book The CIA in Hollywood
In 2011 Sands was approached by the Utah family of Wassef Ali Hassoun over a $1m book and movie deal about the Marine corporal charged with desertion who allegedly faked his own kidnapping in Iraq.[15][16][17]
Michael has one son, Nicholas Sands
Death
On March 24, 2012, Sands started choking on free food sample in a Los Angeles deli.[18] He was pronounced dead on the scene for five minutes, then revived and taken to Cedars Sinai hospital. At the hospital, Sands was placed in a medically induced coma to prevent inflammation of the brain. He died thirteen days later on April 6, 2012, at the age of sixty-seven.[19]
References
- ^ Makarechi, Kia (2012-04-13). "Hollywood Publicist Dies After Choking On Deli Meat". HuffPost. Retrieved 2019-08-26.
- ^ People Magazine, Michael Sands Will Do Anything – Even Take His Clothes Off – To Sell His Cakes and Cookies, 25th June 1984
- ^ USA Today, Family remembers Reagan on anniversary, 6th June 2006
- ^ St. Petersburg Times (Florida), "Dick Tracy' done with bold strokes, 16th May 1990
- ^ Christopher Rocchio, Kristy Swanson arrested for assaulting Fox 'Skating' partner's ex-wife, Reality TV World, 18th June 2007
- ^ China Daily, Britney Spears, K-Fed Divorce Settlement, 30th March 2007
- ^ Hollywood Life, Image Expert on Tiger Woods's Public Performance
- ^ Time Magazine, Lohan's Release: How to Choreograph a Walk of Shame, 1st August 2010
- ^ USA Today, Grading the star couples, 4th November 2005
- ^ The New York Times Nip, Tuck, Click: Plastic Surgery on the Web Is Hip, 19th September 1999
- ^ The New York Times, Now on the Web: Plastic Surgery for Voyeurs 19th September 1999
- OCLC 747947256.
- ^ Tricia Jenkins, The CIA in Hollywood Archived 2012-04-26 at the Wayback Machine, University of Texas Press, 2012 p. 95
- ^ Jane Sutton, Achille Lauro Hijack Organizer Held by U.S. in Iraq, Reuters
- ^ CBS News, Family of AWOL Marine Seeks Book Deal: Marine Corporal Charged with Desertion for Faking His Own Kidnapping; Family Wants to Clear His Name, 8th February 2011
- ^ Deseret News, Missing Utah Marine's story could become TV movie, 12th February 2011
- ^ McKay, Hollie (2015-03-26). "'The Deserter': Story of U.S Marine Who Faked Kidnapping to Become Hollywood TV Movie". Fox News. Retrieved 2019-08-26.
- ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2019-08-26.
- ^ Swertlow, Frank (2012-04-13). "The Bizarre Death - and Life - of Publicist/CIA Operative Michael Sands (Exclusive)". TheWrap. Retrieved 2019-08-26.