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Very sad news: Jack Lamplough, longtime publicist and marketer, died on Saturday, apparently of a heart attack.
From 1983 to 1996, he was director of marketing at Tower Books. He then became director of publicity and marketing at Stewart, Tabori & Chang, a position he held until 2005. He was then director of publicity and marketing at Quirk Books, and was director of publicity at Overlook Press from 2007 to 2015. In recent years, he had his own agency for literary representation, public relations and artist management and was a literary agent and publishing consultant at Rodrigue Studio.
Several industry friends and colleagues remembered Lamplough. Sean Concannon called him "a very interesting guy. Jack was at home wherever he went--he appeared to be on excellent terms with bartenders at all of the best Irish pubs in New York City, and he knew New Orleans inside and out. He was always extremely generous with his contacts and knowledge of the book business. I kind of lost touch with him as I got involved with academic publishing over the last few years, but I assumed I could just pick up with him again the next time I went to Puck Fair. Now Puck Fair is gone, and Jack with it."
Paul Harrington wrote: "Jack's interests were diverse across the arts--books, art, music. He helped keep audiences aware of great writers, painters, and musicians with the same passion he brought to his love of good food and drink. While we were enriched by the artists he brought to us, we've lost a wonderful raconteur and a good man and are a bit poorer today for it."