Police are investigating the death of Ronni Chasen, 64, a longtime Hollywood publicist with strong ties to the Hollywood Foreign Press, who was found shot in her car in Beverly Hills.

Authorities said she had multiple gunshot wounds. She was on her way home after Monday’s night’s premiere of Screen Gems’ Burlesque at Grauman’s Chinese Theater. She was working for the studio on the Oscar campaign for the film’s soundtrack and had been escorting songwriter Diane Warren, a longtime client who worked on “Burlesque,” around the premiere.


Chasen, head of PR firm Chasen and Co., had been a fixture in showbusiness since the early 1970s, and coordinated many interviews for the HFPA.