<P> Traditionally, the identities of selection committee members, other than its chairman, have not been made public in order to minimize conflicts of interest and to discourage lobbying by celebrities and their representatives (a significant problem during the original selections in the late 1950s). However, in 1999, in response to intensifying charges of secrecy in the selection process, the chamber disclosed the members' names: Johnny Grant, the longtime chair and representative of the television category; Earl Lestz, president of Paramount Studio Group (motion pictures); Stan Spero, retired manager with broadcast stations KMPC and KABC (radio); Kate Nelson, owner of the Palace Theatre (live performance); and Mary Lou Dudas, vice president of A&M Records (recording industry). Since that 1999 announcement the chamber has revealed only that Lestz (who received his own star in 2004) became chairman after Grant died in 2008 . Their current official position is that "each of the five categories is represented by someone with expertise in that field ." </P> <P> In 2010, Lestz was replaced as chairman by John Pavlik, former Director of Communications for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . While no public announcement was made to that effect, he was identified as chairman in the chamber's press release announcing the 2011 star recipients . The current chair, according to the chamber's 2016 selection announcement, is film producer Maureen Schultz . </P> <P> Some fans show respect for star recipients both living and dead by laying flowers or other symbolic tributes at their stars . Others show their support in other ways; the star awarded to Julio Iglesias, for example, is kept in "pristine condition (by) a devoted band of elderly women (who) scrub and polish it once a month". </P> <P> The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce has adopted the tradition of placing flower wreaths at the stars of newly deceased awardees; for example Bette Davis in 1989, Katharine Hepburn in 2003, and Jackie Cooper in 2011 . The stars of other deceased celebrities, such as Michael Jackson, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Pryor, Ricardo Montalbán, James Doohan, Frank Sinatra, Robin Williams, Joan Rivers, George Harrison, and Aretha Franklin have become impromptu memorial and vigil sites as well, and some continue to receive anniversary remembrances . </P>

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