- Obit: Ad Industry Forecaster Bob Coen, Dead At 93
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Friday, January 6, 2017
Robert J. Coen, a long-time Interpublic executive who was Madison Avenue's ...
- Three Chicago Agency Friends Die In Car Crash
Around the Net In MediaPost's Agency News, Steve McClellan - Tuesday, October 25, 2016
The three women got know each other as employees at Chicago-based Ener ...
- Former Time Inc. CEO Reginald K. Brack Jr. Dies at 79
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Wednesday, October 12, 2016
Brack spent four decades at Time Inc. He was the first pers ...
- Adland Loses One Of Its Brightest Chroniclers: Noreen O'Leary Dies
MAD, Steve McClellan - Monday, October 3, 2016
The Pittsburgh native spent 31 years covering the advertising and agency be ...
- Arnold Palmer, Sports Marketing Champ, Dies At 87
Marketing Daily - Top of the News, Thom Forbes - Monday, September 26, 2016
Arnold Palmer, who won more than 90 major golf championships worldwide ...
- Jack Taylor, Founder Of Enterprise, 94
Marketing Daily - Top of the News, Thom Forbes - Tuesday, July 5, 2016
Jack C. Taylor, a World War II fighter pilot who later found ...
- Roger Enrico, Who Took Pepsi To The Blink Of Victory, 71
Marketing Daily - Top of the News, Thom Forbes - Friday, June 3, 2016
The former Pepsi marketing chief, chairman and CEO who famously - a ...
- The Martin Agency Alum Harry Jacobs Has Died
Mediapsssst, Richard Whitman - Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Harry Jacobs, who was the chief creative officer for The Martin Agen ...
- Coke "Hilltop" Ad Creator Bill Backer Dies
Around the Net In MediaPost's Agency News, Steve McClellan - Monday, May 16, 2016
Bill Backer, credited with creating the Coke “Hilltop” ad back in t ...
- Bill Backer, Who Taught The World A Thing Or Two, Dead At 89
Marketing Daily - Top of the News, Thom Forbes - Tuesday, May 17, 2016
Bill Backer, who brought us Miller Time, "Soup Is Good Food" a ...
- Email Titan Ray Tomlinson Dies
Email Marketing Daily, Jess Nelson - Monday, March 7, 2016
The creator of the @ symbol and inventor of modern email, Raymo ...
- Oh Noel! Newspaper Publishes Santa Obit by Mistake
The Daily Blog, Erik Sass - Tuesday, December 8, 2015
Children in Norway received a traumatic surprise last week when Aftenposten, t ...
- Washington D.C. Publisher Austin H. Kiplinger Dies At 97
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Austin H. Kiplinger, a Washington D.C. publisher, civic leader and philanthropist, di ...
- Some Very Sad News Coming Out Of Adland Today
Mediapsssst, Richard Whitman - Monday, October 19, 2015
Some very sad news coming out of adland today. Tom Adamski, C ...
- 13-Year Old YouTuber Dies Suddenly
Around the Net in Video, P.J. Bednarski - Tuesday, October 6, 2015
YouTube personality 13-year old Caleb Logan Bratayley, whose real name was Cal ...
- Obituary: Weather Channel's Curt Hecht
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, September 3, 2015
Longtime digital and advertising/media executive Curt Hecht has died. Hecht most recent ...
- Obit: Adweek Co-Founder Jack Thomas, Dead At 87
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Monday, July 13, 2015
John C. "Jack" Thomas, who founded Adweek magazine with Ken Fadner (found ...
- Samuel B. Crispin, Founder of Crispin Porter + Bogusky, Has Died
MAD, Steve McClellan - Thursday, May 7, 2015
A Midwesterner who tired of Michigan winters moved to Florida where ...
- Don Draper, Maverick Ad Man, Dead at 88
Marketing Daily, John Immesoete - Tuesday, May 5, 2015
Don Draper, a copywriter and creative director whose ideas were some ...
- Questions Surround SurveyMonkey CEO's Untimely Death
Around the Net In Social Media & Marketing, Gavin O'Malley - Monday, May 4, 2015
Uncertainty surrounding the untimely passing of Dave Goldberg, CEO of SurveyMonkey a ...
- Stan Freberg, Poker Of Hysterical Holes In The Hard Sell, Dies At 88
Marketing Daily - Top of the News, Thom Forbes - Wednesday, April 8, 2015
The adjective "madcap" fit Stan Freberg, who died of natural causes yesterd ...
- Don Keough, Beloved Coca-Cola President And New Coke Frontman, Dies At 88
Marketing Daily - Top of the News, Thom Forbes - Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Donald R. Keough, who deftly steered Coca-Cola Co. through its New Co ...
- Times Media Critic David Carr Dead At 58
MediaDailyNews, P.J. Bednarski - Thursday, February 12, 2015
David Carr, 58, media critic for The New York Times,
Melvin Gordon, Who Expanded Secretive Tootsie Roll Industries, Dies At 95Marketing Daily - Top of the News, Thom Forbes - Thursday, January 22, 2015
Melvin Gordon, who led Tootsie Roll Industries on a highly successful, fierce ...
- Marlboro Man Darrell Winfield Has Died At 85
Mediapsssst, Richard Whitman - Thursday, January 15, 2015
One wonders what it must have been like as a female worki ...
- Dick Rich, Co-Founder of Wells Rich Green Dead At 84
Mediapsssst, Richard Whitman - Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Copywriting legend Dick Rich passed away from a heart attack on Novemb ...
- Ben Bradlee, Who Steered Watergate Coverage, Dead at 93
MediaDailyNews, Erik Sass - Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Ben Bradlee, the editor in chief of "The Washington Post," who direct ...
- Oscar de la Renta, Who Designed For First Ladies And 'Those Who Lunch,' Dead At 82
Marketing Daily - Top of the News, Thom Forbes - Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Oscar de la Renta, who "designed for every era's jet set ...
- John Mack Carter, 86, Set New Tone At Women's Mags
MediaDailyNews, Erik Sass - Friday, September 26, 2014
John Mack Carter, who helped shape attitudes about women's roles as t ...
- B.K.S Iyengar, Who Took Yoga Worldwide, Dies At 95
Marketing Daily - Top of the News, Thom Forbes - Thursday, August 21, 2014
Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar, who is widely credited as a main for ...