Remembering Lee King

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Lee King died last week in Evanston, Ill., at age 94. Some called him the Bill Bernbach of Chicago.

In the 50’s and 60’s, he was creative director at Edward Weiss & Co., and brought the creative revolution to town through the doors of that agency. In 1974, he bought the place, changed the name to Lee King & Partners and made it the best agency in Chicago for 15 years.

The first day I walked into LK&P as a junior copywriter, I had nervous stomach cramps.

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