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It’s been a week dominated by the death of David Abbott, the Abbott Mead Vickers founder and great copywriter who died following heart surgery last weekend aged 75. It must be quite hard for younger readers to ‘get’ Abbott; most ...

David Abbott, one of the founders of Abbott Mead Vickers and a legendary copywriter and creative director, died at the weekend (Paul Simons’ personal tribute is here). He was inducted into The One Club Hall of Fame in 2001 and ...

David Abbott, one of the founders of Abbott Mead Vickers (now AMV/BBDO) has died aged 75. A brilliant writer (in retirement a considerable novelist) he was a gentleman whose high standards informed the agency he founded and inspired many of ...