Tracy Hurley Martin Dies: Agent, Film Producer, Publicist And Museum Founder Was 53

Bruce Haring
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Tracy Hurley Martin, who worked as a comedy booking agent, film producer and publicist for such artists as Prince, George Michael, Depeche Mode, Bush and The Cure, among many others, has died after a two-year cancer battle. She was 53.

She also represented Goosebumps and the Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen brand – two of the biggest children’s properties of all-time. Several films she produced were accepted into and screened at the Tribeca and Edinborough film festivals and aired on PBS and the IFC channel.

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In addition to her 30 years in the entertainment industry, she was a cofounder and CEO of the Morbid Anatomy Museum and a leading advocate for the Death Positive movement.

She organized and hosted lectures, workshops, exhibitions and seminars at the Museum, from taxidermy to sword swallowing and beyond.

Survivors include her husband of twenty years, Depeche Mode, Yaz and Erasure founder Vince Clarke; a son, Oscar; a niece, Isabelle Pagnotta; and her identical twin sister, the author and screenwriter Tonya Hurley.

Their Hurley Sisters Productions recently optioned the film rights to Mark Dery’s Edward Gorey biography as well as the unconventional love story turned assisted suicide of Phillip and Becky Benight that made headlines in 2017.

A private cremation service will be held for family.

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