[Land-speed] RIP David E. Davis

[Robert J. Denton]

David E. Davis, Jr., has died at age 80. The longtime *Car and Driver *editor.
*Automobile Magazine *founder and man with his fingerprints all over this
great business of ours passed away unexpectedly after complications from
bladder surgery at 5:15pm Eastern on Sunday. A hugely witty man with a
talent for honing a magazine's voice and recognizing and refining talent in
those around him, Davis stands among the founding fathers of modem
automotive journalism.

In recent years, Davis had returned to C/D as a columnist after helping to
get pioneering digital auto magazine. *Winding Road, *off the ground. He has
held sway over nearly every great print title in the American auto
journalism world at one point or another, including *Road & Track *and *Motor
Trend, *and earlier in his professional life, he cultivated a distinguished
career in the automotive ad business, where he was instrumental in the
creation of General Motors' seminal "Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie and
Chevrolet" campaign, among others.

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