hursday, June 17, 2004 6:45 PM
Kate Fleury, one of the most energetic vol- unteers of Los Angeles Press Club, has been taken from us in a tragic accident.
Kate showed up at the press club after attending the awards show as a guest a cou- ple of years ago. Since then she has been one of our most eager recruiters — always finding an original way to promote the Press Club.
Like that day a few weeks ago when she was trying on clothes in Macy’s and turned to a fellow shopper to ask for advice on an outfit.
“It looks very Dianne Sawyer,” says the woman. “Oh, are you a journalist?” asks Kate. “How did you know?” “No one else but a journalist would refer to Dianne Sawyer,” Kate answers and asks if the woman is a member of Los Angeles Press Club. When she is not Kate hands over a card with information on how to contact us. On the day she died, May 5th, two of her contributions for this year ’s Awards Dinner came through — a gift card of $1,500 from SportsClub LA for the silent auction and family tickets to the Japanese American National gift bags. Museum for the Some of you might remember her joyful leap when her husband, Ron Fleury of NBC, won an award for best breaking news story last year. He is, once again, up for an award in the same category. Kate had already invited family and friends to the event, which will not be the same without her. Her loss will be felt by all of us.
