A murdered South African actor has come back to life--at least in a series of ads. With his family's blessing, Brett Goldin--slain execution-style in April--is again the pitchman for insurance company
Liberty Life. While some people have questioned the tastefulness of the campaign, it has his survivors' full backing. "He worked really, really hard to become well-known," says his sister Sam. "We
would hate for everything that Brett worked for to be tossed away and forgotten." While the ads were pulled on news of his death by Liberty Life, and the ad agency, TBWA Hunt Lascaris, representatives
of both approached the family after the funeral. They asked the family's permission to run the series, and Goldin's mother gave it.
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