PASSAGE: BOB BYRON
By Adnews Staff
Ad veteran Bob Byron passed away on Nov. 11 from injuries he sustained in a traffic accident earlier this year. Byron was 66 years-old. He began his advertising career in 1959 at BBDO New York, transferring to BBDO Canada in 1968. Later that year he joined J. Walter Thompson, where he remained until 1985. In 1986 Byron opened his own agency in Los Angeles. He returned to Canada and joined McNally Sutherland in Toronto in 1989. Byron's wife, Shirley Cade, passed away in 1993. Byron, who had been in a coma since his accident on Jan. 23, has no surviving relatives. A private memorial service will take place later this month.
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