Back in the day when I was doing P.R.., LeRoy Neiman was one of my clients. How cool was that? Talk about a cocksman, this guy has stories...
from www.nypost.com - The party tomorrow night at Highbar for "Playboy: The Book of Cigars" could be a last hurrah.
With the magazine's Fifth Avenue offices shuttered, the systematic dismissal of Playboy's New York-based editors and the outsourcing of sales and marketing to David Pecker's AMI, the mood could be somber, especially because longtime Playboy artist LeRoy Neiman, 88, had a leg amputated last month.
"LeRoy Neiman and I started discussing this book when we first met over lunch at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel back in 1993," author Aaron Sigmond explained.
"Tomorrow night is really a celebration of LeRoy's contributions to the Playboy lifestyle -- a tribute to him."
Expected to raise a glass: restaurateur Drew Nieporent, Forbes.com media critic Bill McCuddy, "Twilight at the World of Tomorrow" author James Mauro and model Nina Manuel.
