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Charles Curry, pioneering marketing executive with P&G and Burrell, dies
at 65
 (August
6, 2012) Charles H. Curry, 65, a successful and highly regarded
marketing and advertising professional and philanthropist, died on July
17th from complications of lung cancer. He was with his son
Christopher and daughter Kelly at the time of his passing in Southern
California.Curry become one of the first African-American ad execs at companies like Proctor and Gamble and Leo Burnett in a career where he excelled because of his intelligence, wisdom and ability to build and maintain relationships. Charles, who was born to a family of sharecroppers in 1946 Jim Crow Alabama, become one of the first African-American graduates of the Northwestern's School of Business in 1967. Curry married his high school sweetheart Betty Ann and in 1969 he and his wife and their two young children left South Chicago for Cincinnati, Ohio where he got his start in brand management at Procter and Gamble. P&G was just the beginning of Charles' pioneering career at the front edge of the baby boom generation and a member of the first wave of high level African-American corporate executives. At P&G, Charles worked with a team of up and coming elite professionals to guide billions of dollars of brand name products. It was Curry's calm and cool demeanor combined with his intellect that guided his career to some of the most important U.S. agencies and companies including Procter and Gamble, Quaker Oats, Leo Burnett, Alberto Culver; Marketing Corporation of America and Burrell Communications where he served as President. Chuck later went to Lincoln Insurance and WellPoint, where he worked in senior management until his retirement in 2005. As Curry was ending his professional career, his wife Betty was diagnosed with cancer. After her passing, he founded The Living Love Foundation, Inc. a not for profit dedicated to continuing the work of his wife which was inspiring self esteem in underserved, under motivated children through the arts. The Living Love Foundation continues to bring arts and essential arts programming to children in need in the U.S. While acting as Executive Directing of Living Love, Curry also co-founded The Imagine Center with his second wife, Tauheedah Shakoor-Curry, a spiritual bookshop not far from their home in Tarzana, Ca. Charles, who is survived by a host of family and friends across the globe, was honored at a memorial service held on Sunday, August 5th at Pierce Brothers, Valley Oaks in Westlake Village, California. Go to Target Market News homepage RECENT STORIES Former GM and Allstate marketing exec hired as COO for Global Team Ford agency Interactive One's Urban Daily site adds video series with Toyota partnership Black TV Ratings for Week of July 23 - 29 Black viewers watching Summer Olympics with same high interest as 2008 games Veteran news executive Camille Edwards named Vice President of News at WABC-TV Nielsen survey: Companies say multicultural consumers key to future success St. Louis American again voted nation's best African-American newspaper Bounce TV gets rights to Black films from Disney, Miramax, Sony Pictures and MGM Walton Isaacson agency named Supplier of the Year for third consecutive year Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of July 16 - 22 VH1 captures No.1 cable show and network titles in a week of mixed viewing Black TV Ratings for Week of July 16 - 22 'Person of Interest' returns to No.1 TV show in black households Click here for more recent news stories and our news archive Return to top of page |
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