Model from infamous anorexia ad dead at 28
Creativity
Isabelle Caro, the French model who starred in a notorious anti-anorexia campaign shot by Oliviero Toscani, has died at age 28, according to the Associated Press. We wrote about that [...]
Billy Mays pallbearers honor the man in blue
Creativity
Although Michael Jackson's upcoming funeral will surely be a feeding frenzy for photographers, it'll be hard to beat this photo op from today's burial ceremony for TV pitchman Billy Mays. [...]
Iconic TV pitchman Billy Mays is dead at 50
Creativity
He was the man with no inside voice, the man who seemed to be on every late-night cable channel at once, the man who comprehensively convinced us we don't need [...]
R.I.P. Michael Jackson, adland’s king of pop
Creativity
It seems fitting, ironic and ultimately tragic that Michael Jackson's best-known ad moment involved a freak accident. In 1984, at the height of his mega-fame in the wake of Thriller, [...]
Farrah Fawcett, always an advertising angel
Creativity
Farrah Fawcett's ad history is rich and varied. She lathered up Joe Namath for Noxema, romped on the beach with a pooch for her own line of Faberge shampoos (above), [...]
R.I.P. Ed McMahon, self-deprecating ad star
Creativity
At one time, Ed McMahon was one of the most famous human beings on the media landscape. From 1962 until 1992, as the announcer on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show, his [...]