Robert Karr

Robert Karr30 December, 1934 - 15 March, 2017After serving several years with Rogers & Cowan as a public relations agent in Beverly Hills, Calif., representing 1960s television and motion picture clientele, Robert returned to his favorite home, Hawaii, and continued his career in broadcasting.Robert worked with and for such greats as Dick Van Dyke, Cara Williams, Jack Benny, Raymond Burr, Gladys Cooper, Gail Patrick Jackson, Gig Young, Charles Boyer, and held the distinction of being the first boss to hire (and fire) a determined high school songstress by the name of Bette Midler. Some of Robert's clients became lifelong friends, no mean feat in Hollywood.Besides his volumes of memoirs, Robert wrote fiction based on his beloved interests, namely the beauty and fascinating history of Hawaii and his favorite animal, cats.Robert was in various stages of editing six of his novels including LaMort du'u Requiro-The Death of a Shark, another entitled Yah Did Too, written completely in dialogue, no narrative, in preparation for publication. His library of work includes a Western screenplay.His short story "A Hawaiian Encounter," was published in Palm Springs Life Magazine.