GLOBE Blockbuster book rips lid off CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER: David Pecker EDITOR: Candace Trunzo EXECUTIVE EDITOR: Jeffrey Rodack MANAGING EDITOR: Pat Gregor PHOTO EDITOR: Rochelle Paller DEPUTY MANAGING EDITOR: Susan Goldfarb NEWS EDITOR: Steve Herz CHIEF NEWS CORRESPONDENT: David Thompson GENE TIERNEY’S DEPUTY PHOTO EDITOR: Jennifer Murphy ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR: Theresa Honig LONDON CORRESPONDENT: John Bell SENIOR REPORTER: Shelby Loosch REPORTERS: Mark Ebner, Timothy Plant TELEVISION EDITOR: Bob Burns DESIGN EDITOR: Marty Gunther DEPUTY DESIGN EDITOR: Martin Elfers TRAGIC SECRETS SENIOR DESIGNER: Tony Ballester COPY EDITORS: William Santos, Aaron W. Towle ● ● ● SENIOR WRITER: Paul Francis Her The baby Her battle WRITERS: Gary Greenberg, Kim Humphreys, Rafe Klinger SENIOR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT: Eileen Laing turbulent born blind with mental ASSISTANTS: Bernadette Marshall, Lisa Morgan PHOTO EDITORIAL ASSISTANT: Lindsey A. Usiak VP INFORMATION RESOURCES: Kathleen Cottay romances and deaf illness AMI LIBRARY: Kimberly Riendeau (Library Manager), Phenicia Esterine (Library Associate), Assistants: Derek Czomba, Nichole Czomba, Nanette Dubiel, A BLOCKBUSTER Tierney Kathleen Huebner, Nicole Rodden, Lucille Towbis new biography married AMI RESEARCH CENTER: Mireya Throop (Director), about the charmed fashion Barbara Koskie (Deputy), Laurie Miller (Senior Researcher) but tragic life of designer Marsha Pronin (Research Associate) Oleg CREATIVE DIRECTOR/ENTERTAINMENT GROUP: screen legend Gene Colin Jenkins Tierney is hitting Cassini SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT/CFO: the bookstores – (left) in Thomas E. Severson 1941. At EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT/ and GLOBE has CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER: Kevin Hyson a sneak preview of her heart- right, the EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT/GENERAL COUNSEL: breaking story. tragic Michael B. Kahane beauty SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT ADMINISTRATION/ “Gene’s story is one of the at her HUMAN RESOURCES: Daniel A. Rotstein most amazing of all Hollywood SR. VICE PRESIDENT/CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS: sultry Stuart Zakim stars,” says Michelle Vogel, best in SR. VP BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT: Bette Rockmore who wrote Gene Tierney: A a 1952 SR. VICE PRESIDENT/OPERATIONS: John D. Swider Biography with the participa- publicity SR. VP GENERAL MANAGEMENT/PLANNING: Lawrence Bornstein tion of Tierney’s first husband, pic PUBLISHER: David Jackson fashion designer Oleg Cassini, VICE PRESIDENT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY/ and her daughter Christina CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER: Armand Madeo Cassini. 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