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ROY GRACE
Feb. 26 at age 66.
Mr. Grace spent more than two decades at Doyle Dane Bernbach, working at the agency during its 1960s creative renaissance under William Bernbach. Three of Mr. Grace's most famous commercials were the "Spicy Meatballs" spot for Alka-Seltzer, "Funeral" for Volkswagen and "The Gorilla" for American Tourister luggage. He left DDB, for a second time, in 1986 to co-found New York agency Grace & Rothschild. Mr. Grace is in the halls of fame of the Art Directors Club and the One Club for Arts & Copy.
ART COOPER
June 9 at age 65.
Mr. Cooper created an archetype of a star editor, that of a bon vivant living out a fantasy life. In 20 years at GQ, he reshaped a marginal title by coupling his luxe tastes with heavyweight literary ambitions. Mr. Cooper officially retired June 1, and the final issue of GO he'd edited was still on newsstands when he passed away from a stroke. "Art was always a big-moment guy," said David Granger, Mr. Cooper's former No. 2, who became Esquire's editor in chief in 1997. "He was one of the last editors who was larger than life."
VINCENT T. CULLERS
Oct. 4 at age 79.
Mr. Cullers in 1956 co-founded with his wife, Marian, and Emmitt McBaine what is widely regarded to be the first African-American-owned full-service ad agency in the U.S. Vince Cullers Advertising was...