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AdAge: Paris Attacks Claim Lives of Three Industry Vets

“Publicis Conseil is in mourning. A great man is gone. Regards to all who loved him.” So wrote Valerie Henaff, CEO of Publicis Conseil on Twitter, regarding Fabrice Dubois, one of the dead following Friday’s attacks on Paris.

Dubois was a senior copywriter who spent nearly 13 years at Publicis Conseil in Paris, according to his LinkedIn profile. The agency confirmed his death on its Facebook page. “Fabrice Dubois, victim of the attack in Bataclan, left us last night. All the agency’s upset. He was a very great man, in every sense of the word.” According to news reports, he was 46.
Publicis, as well as other shops like Havas’ BETC, are praying there are no more victims among their employees. But sadly, according to news reports out of France, two other ad industry vets have so far been identified among the dead. Yannick Minvielle, a creative director at RED/Publicis, was reportedly killed at the Bataclan, as was François-Xavier Prévost, who joined LocalMedia in April after five years at Havas Media.