Ronni Chasen, a top Hollywood publicist, was shot five times last night while driving her Mercedes Benz.

The car then crashed into a light pole at around 12:30 a.m., while residents in the area notified the authorities after hearing gun shots.

Police on the scene said that Ronni was “in and out of consciousness but breathing”, but it was then discovered that she was shot multiple times. She was rushed by ambulance to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead.

She worked as a publicist from 1973 until last night, with credits to her resume such as “Driving Miss Daisy”, “Cocoon”, “Cocoon II”, “The Verdict”, “Rocky III”, “Rocky IV”, “Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves”, among others. She was said to be most recently representing Michael Douglas for Best Supporting Actor for his movie, “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps” for the Oscars in addition to “Alice In Wonderland 3D” for Best Picture.

After leaving her office last night, Ronni attended the premiere of “Burlesque”.

It’s such a tragedy for this to have happened. What a brutal way to die. I hope they find out who did this, it’s awful and scary. It doesn’t seem like a random act to me, considering she was shot five times.

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