David Ogilvy, Whose Life in Advertising Began at 39, Dies at 88

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David MacKenzie Ogilvy was nearly 40 before he got around to starting one of the most well-known ad agencies in the world. Curiosity—his most defining characteristic—took him through a richly lived life. It began in a little English village of thatched haystacks where Beatrix Potter was a frequent playmate and it ended peacefully on July 21 in his beloved peach-colored castle in the French countryside.

Along the way, in his 88 years, there was a stint as a chef at the Majestic Hotel in Paris and an infamously short career as a door-to-door stove salesman.

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