We lost an Amazing Man today...

Here is his official bio:

Jay Conrad Levinson (born 1933 in Detroit) is the author of a popular 1984 book Guerrilla Marketing. The first to use the term "Guerrilla Marketing," Jay described it as using 'unconventional' marketing tools in cases when financial or other resources are limited or non-existent. Guerrilla Marketing is the best known marketing brand in history, named by Time as one of the Top 25 Best Business Books, with over 21 million copies sold. His guerrilla concepts have influenced marketing so much that his books appear in 62 languages and are required reading in MBA programs worldwide.

He was born in Detroit, raised in Chicago, and graduated from the University of Colorado. His studies in Psychology led him to advertising agencies, including a Directorship at Leo Burnett in London, where he served as Creative Director. Returning to the US, he joined J. Walter Thompson (now known as JWT) as Senior Vice President. Jay created and taught guerrilla marketing for ten years at the extension division of the University of California in Berkeley.

As an ad agency executive, some notable marketing campaigns and achievements he collaboratively developed include The Marlboro Man, The Pillsbury Doughboy, Allstate’s Good Hands,United’sFriendly Skies, the Sears Diehard battery, Morris the Cat, Tony the Tiger, and The Jolly Green Giant.

He created marketing materials across the spectrum of all media for other biggies such as Wells-Fargo, Citicorp, Visa, Viacom, Charles Schwab, University of California, Kampgrounds of America (KOA), BF Goodrich, Gallo Wines, The Sharper Image, Peterbilt Motors, Chrysler Corporation, Honda, Club Med, PBS, Playboy, Hyatt, Encyclopedia Britannica, Pacific Telephone, Old Spice, Arby's, The United Way, Rolling Stone, Montgomery Ward, Nissan, Mercedes, Volvo, and Holiday Inn.

RIP Jay!