Deaths (Obituaries) – Page 317

Advertising and Marketing Deaths (Obituaries) Positioning in marketing Ries, Al Trout & Ries Trout, Jack (1935-2017)

Al Ries, Adman Who Sought a Portal Into Consumers’ Brains, Dies at 95

Using the concept of “positioning,” he guided companies to market their products by creating hard-to-forget messages.

By Richard Sandomir

Charley Trippi Chicago Cardinals Deaths (Obituaries) Football Football (College) University of Georgia

Charley Trippi, Versatile Football Hero, Dies at 100

A standout on offense and defense, Trippi took the Georgia Bulldogs to a Rose Bowl victory and the Chicago Cardinals to a championship.

By Richard Goldstein

Carter, Jimmy Charles W. Duncan Jr. Deaths (Obituaries) Duncan Coffee Company Energy Department United States Politics and Government

Charles W. Duncan Jr., Energy Secretary in Oil Crisis, Is Dead at 96

Heir to a Houston coffee fortune and a former president of Coca-Cola, he joined President Jimmy Carter’s cabinet in 1979 as oil shortages roiled the nation.

By Robert D. McFadden

Banking and Financial Institutions Deaths (Obituaries) DeNunzio, Ralph D. Insider Trading Kidder Peabody & Co Inc New York Stock Exchange Securities Investor Protection Corp Stocks and Bonds

Ralph DeNunzio, Wall Street Chieftain, Is Dead at 90

He was chairman of the New York Stock Exchange and rose to lead the venerable securities firm Kidder, Peabody, but stepped down after it was caught up in a 1980s insider-trading scandal.

By Robert D. Hershey Jr.