Posted: Mon., Jun. 4, 2001, 2:46pm PT

Martin Blau

Martin Blau, a longtime advertising and publicity executive for Columbia Pictures, died Thursdayof natural causes at his home in Fairfax, Va. He was 76.

Blau, who retired in 1988 as senior VP of market research and analysis, was also a member of the Motion Pictures Pioneers and of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

He is survived by three children and four grandsons.


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