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| Bob Cohn |
Legendary PR man Bob Cohn, who launched Cohn & Wolfe with Norman Wolfe in 1971, died in Tuscaloosa on July 4. He was 88.
Atlanta-based C&W emerged as a consumer products & sports powerhouse, serving blue-chip clients such as Coca-Cola, FedEx and Chick-fil-A.
Young & Rubicam acquired the firm and merged it with Burson-Marsteller. C&W exists today as BCW Global, which is a unit of WPP.
Brooklyn-born Cohn served in the Air Force and enrolled at the University of Alabama via the GI Bill.
He became editor-in-chief of the student newspaper, The Crimson White and took a reporter job at the Montgomery Advertiser following graduation.
As a journalist, Cohn covered the Civil Rights Movement and served as Atlanta bureau chief for a number of Georgia newspapers.
In 2021, Cohn and wife, June, moved to a senior living facility at the University of Alabama campus.
A celebration of Cohn’s life is slated for August 5 in Barge Commons at The Westminster Schools in Atlanta.
Donations may be made in Cohn’s name to Hospice of West Alabama, 3851 Loop Road, Tuscaloosa, AL 35404.
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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