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05-19-2016, 12:00 AM
The ad man behind the world's most famous commercial dies
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Bill Backer, the creative mind behind what is considered to be the world's most famous advertisement, died last week at age 89, his wife confirmed to the New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/17/business/bill-backer-who-taught-the-world-and-don-draper-to-sing-dies-at-89.html?_r=0).
Backer is perhaps best k**wn for his iconic 1971 Coca-Cola commercial, "Hilltop," which enjoyed renewed popularity last year when it was featured prominently in the ****** finale of AMC's Mad Men.*
SEE ALSO: Watch the greatest hits of one of advertising's greatest men (http://mashable.com/2015/11/23/pat-fallon-advertising-great-men/)
He was also responsible for famous earworms and slogans of several other major brands like Cambell's, Miller Lite — he coined the phrase "Miller Time" — Oreo,*Fisher-Price, Hyundai cars, Parliament cigarettes and others. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/05/18/coca-cola-hilltop-bill-backer/)
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Bill Backer, the creative mind behind what is considered to be the world's most famous advertisement, died last week at age 89, his wife confirmed to the New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/17/business/bill-backer-who-taught-the-world-and-don-draper-to-sing-dies-at-89.html?_r=0).
Backer is perhaps best k**wn for his iconic 1971 Coca-Cola commercial, "Hilltop," which enjoyed renewed popularity last year when it was featured prominently in the ****** finale of AMC's Mad Men.*
SEE ALSO: Watch the greatest hits of one of advertising's greatest men (http://mashable.com/2015/11/23/pat-fallon-advertising-great-men/)
He was also responsible for famous earworms and slogans of several other major brands like Cambell's, Miller Lite — he coined the phrase "Miller Time" — Oreo,*Fisher-Price, Hyundai cars, Parliament cigarettes and others. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/05/18/coca-cola-hilltop-bill-backer/)
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