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May 15 2008, AP

Warren Cowan, one of the last of the super publicists who helped make Hollywood the glamour capital of the world, has died. He was 87.

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Robert Mondavi, who built the first new winery in the Napa Valley since prohibition, raises a toast during an interview on March 14,1984. Mondavi is among the major premium vintners who put California on the international wine map. A winery spokeswoman...