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Al Ries, Adman Who Sought a Portal Into Consumers’ Brains, Dies at 95
Using the concept of “positioning,” he guided companies to market their products by creating hard-to-forget messages.
Douglas Kirkland, Who Took Portraits of Movie Stars, Dies at 88
His many memorable shots included one of his earliest assignments and probably his most famous: Marilyn Monroe in bed, wrapped in a silk sheet.
Al Primo, Creator of Local TV’s Eyewitness News, Dies at 87
At stations in Philadelphia and then New York, he relaxed the tone of news delivery, using two anchors, a diverse team of reporters and dollops...
Tiffany Jackson, Texas Star Forward and W.N.B.A. Veteran, Dies at 37
She was an All-American in college and spent nine years in the W.N.B.A. “I don’t think I’ve seen a player as competitive,” her college coach...
Robert Ferrante, News-Driven Producer at CBS and NPR, Dies at 87
He raised the profiles of the news programs “Morning Edition” and “The World” on public radio, and created the overnight program “Nightwatch” on CBS.
Joe Bussard, Obsessive Collector of Rare Records, Dies at 86
His life revolved around his massive hoard of fragile 78 r.p.m. disks of jazz, blues, country and gospel music recorded between the 1920s and ’50s.
Bill Plante, CBS News’s Man at the White House, Dies at 84
He covered four presidencies in a 52-year career and never worried about “offending those in power in pursuit of answers,” one former White House press...
Jim Post, Known for a Memorably ‘Groovy’ Hit Song, Dies at 82
He and his wife, Cathy Conn, had a Top 10 single with “Reach Out of the Darkness” as Friend & Lover in 1968. It’s still...
Rommy Hunt Revson, Creator of the Scrunchy, Dies at 78
A former nightclub singer, she developed the simple ornamental hair tie that quickly became a ubiquitous accessory.
Bernard Shaw, CNN’s Lead Anchor for 20 Years, Dies at 82
He covered the gulf war and the protests in Tiananmen Square and became one of the first Black anchors of a prime-time network news program.