PR Vet Ted Pincus Dies

Ted Pincus, PR vet and Chicago Sun-Times columnist, has died at the age of 78. Pincus suffered from multiple myeloma, a cancer afflicting the plasma cells in the bone marrow.

Pincus was founder of the Financial Relations Board, which he sold for $40 million in 2000 to True North Communications. He went on to become a managing partner at StevensGouldPincus, the M&A consultancy for the PR and ad industries. He has also served as a consultant for Weber Shandwick and Ruder Finn, a vice chairman at SMG, and other firms.

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