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Jim Tsokanos, former president of MSL Group, died April 17 from COVID-19. He spent a dozen years at the now Publicis Groupe unit before exiting in 2012.
Earlier, he was VP-group director at Ketchum and account supervisor at Cohn & Wolfe.
Tsokanos is remembered as a "family man, industry maverick, philanthropist, and trusted friend to all those he held close," on a gofundme page established to raise scholarship funds for the education of his children, Sophia and Jim.
Most recently, Tsokanos was running Nu Nexus consultancy.
Bob Marston, who built Robert Marston And Associates and Marston Strategic Communications, died July 14 of respiratory failure. He was 86.
Alex Stanton, a veteran corporate, financial and marketing PR executive, died on July 9. He was 70.
Kevin Foley, founder/chairman of KEF Media and a long-time contributor to odwyerpr.com, died June 6 after a brief illness. He was 70.
Hugh Braithwaite, founder of Braithwaite Communications in Philadelphia, died Feb. 28. He was 63.
Alfred Horowitz, who was a PR counselor, educator, businessman and philanthropist, died February 14 of natural causes. He was 93.
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