Hasta La Creative!

Peter Mayer, founder of New Orleans advertising and marketing shop Peter Mayer Advertising, died peacefully on July 15 at the age of 86.

Mr. Mayer, who fled from Nazi Germany to the U.S. at the age of six with his parents, founded his shop in 1967. His son, Mark Mayer, who serves as president of Peter Mayer Advertising, said in a statement that his father “was one of the original icons of advertising in New Orleans from the 1960s until the turn of the 21st century.

“He will be missed by his family and friends, as well as the larger Peter Mayer family of employees, clients and industry partners, past and present, who worked and laughed with him through the decades,” added Mark Mayer in the statement.

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