Harry Jacobs, The Martin Agency's First Creative Director, Dies at 87

'Dean of Southern Advertising' helped shape the agency

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Harry Jacobs, an ad industry veteran who helped build a global reputation for The Martin Agency, died at his Richmond home on Sunday. He was 87.

Jacobs spent more than five decades in the advertising business, shaping two major agencies and receiving many of the industry's top plaudits in the meantime. At the time of his death, he held the title of chairman emeritus for The Martin Agency, where he led the creative team that won Geico and turned it into one of the world's best advertisers.

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