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John Martin Meek, a former political speechwriter who spent nearly 40 years as a Washington, D.C. public affairs executive, died on March 11 at age 86.
Ron Rogers, founder and CEO of Los Angeles-based The Rogers Group, died on Friday at the age of 72.
Murray Weissman, a partner in Weissman/Markovitz Communications, Los Angeles, a leading publicist for many years, died Dec. 28 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 90.
Gerald Wollan, 93, who retired in 1987 as vice chairman of Padilla & Speer, Minneapolis, died Dec. 15.
Bill Kostka Jr., who inherited and grew Denver's first PR agency over a 45-year career, died Nov. 22. He was 81.
Gordon Conley, a journalist and veteran PR executive at J. Walter Thompson’s PR operation, died Oct. 26 of natural causes. He was 92.
Kaplan was most recently Chairman of LAK PR, where he worked with his wife of 25 years and business partner, Lisa Linden.
For many people (and non-sports fans, in particular), the beloved Berra will be remembered for his witticism and endearing way with words.
Ted Levine, founder of travel and economic development PR powerhouse Development Counsellors International, died Aug. 6. He was 88.
Anne Gaylor, principal founder of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, which was a pioneer supporter of abortion rights and which later became a foe of Jewish religious boundaries called eruvim, died June 14 in Fitchburg, Wis. She was 88.
Alan Caruba, a New Jersey PR pro, journalist and conservative writer, died June 15. He was 77.
Bernie Ilson, longtime New York publicist and author of Sundays with Ed Sullivan, died May 30 of natural causes.
Tom Albers, who launched Albers Communications in 2000, died May 5 of an apparent heart attack. He was 48.
George Goodwin of Atlanta, who won a Pulitzer Prize as reporter and went on to a career in PR that earned him the title of "Dean of PR" of Atlanta, died Jan. 21 at his home. He was 97.
Leonard Saffir, executive VP of Porter Novelli International, New York, from 1984-1990, founder of four newspapers and author of three books, died in January in Lake Worth, Fla..
Ernest “Ernie” Sando, 64, who was at Georgeson and Co., New York, from 1979-82 and 1987-2000, when he joined Hill and Knowlton, died Oct. 31 in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.
Michele Sullivan, director of corporate communications for Land O'Lakes, died Nov. 13 after suffering from a stroke. She was 39.
Larry Werner, former partner/director/executive VP of Ketchum PR in Pittsburgh, died June 2 after a three-year battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 80.
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