FATES & FORTUNES ADVERTISING/MARKETING/ Bill Rose, VP, marketing, radio station He is survived by his wife, Debbie. services, Arbitron Co., New York, named David Levy, 87, television executive PUBLIC RELATIONS VP and general manager, Internet. and producer who created The Addams Appointments, Bates USA, New York: Craig V. Calder, senior director, mar- Family, died Jan. 25. Levy began his Audrey Melofchik, VP, management keting and programming, Nickelodeon career in radio before joining the Navy representative, named senior VP; Greg Online, New York, joins Times Com- during the World II. After his dis- Kemp, account supervisor, named VP, pany Digital there as VP, marketing. charge and a stint at the Young & account supervisor; Jennifer Ginelli, Bob Crestani, Rubicam advertising agency in New strategic planner, named VP, strategic chairman and York, Levy joined NBC. He became planner. CEO, Inter-Con- vice president of programming in Appointments, BMI, New York: Jodi tent Group, joins 1959, helping launch such TV classics H. Saal, associate director, named sen- the board of direc- as Bonanza, Dr. Kildare and The ior director, international systems tors of iCAST, Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. administration; Barbara Patralites, Woburn, Mass. After leaving NBC in the 1960s, Levy director, international research and headed to ABC, where he produced Diane Linen analysis, named senior director; the kooky comedy The Addams Powell, senior VP, Consueti Sayago, director, internation- Family. He also developed Sarge, The corporate commu- al administration, named senior direc- Pruitts of Southhampton and helped in nications, tor. Crestanl Interna- the revival of Name That Tune. Levy tional Family served as the executive director of the Lisa T. Meredith, public relations con- Entertainment, Virginia Beach, Va., Caucus of Producers- Writers -Direc- sultant, joins Goodman Media Interna- joins Vienna, lifescape.com, Va., as tors for 20 years. In 1997, he helped tional Inc., Washington, as account chief marketing officer. director, Washington office. direct the organization into support for stricter ratings for sex, violence, nudi- ASSOCIATIONS/FIRMS TECHNOLOGY ty and language. Ironically, Levy left Kenn Viselman, chairman, The itsy NBC in the 1960s when he refused to Mark A. Toney, senior account execu- bitsy Entertainment Co., joins the accept the blame for excesses he had tive, audience research and develop- Board of Governors of The American rallied against during the Senate hear- ment, The MediaVergence Group, Center for Children and Media, Des ings on sex and violence on television. Dallas, named senior VP, Dallas-Ft. Plaines, Ill. He is survived by two children; a twin Worth office. brother; five grandchildren; and two Joan E. Ryan, senior VP, chief financial OBITUARIES great -grandchildren. officer, Alliant Foodservice Inc., Deer- Alan North, 79, Doug Henning, 52, the long -haired character actor field, Ill., joins Tellabs, Lisle, Ill., as whose career trickster who modernized magic on TV spanned more than a chief financial officer. half- century, died Jan. 19 and Broadway, died Feb. 7 of liver can- of kidney and lung cancer. cer. Inspired by a TV magician's levi- A frequent actor in INTERNET early television, tation act, Henning was performing his North's credits include The Appointments, Broadband Sports Inc. own tricks in his native Canada by his Jackie Gleason Show, Studio One and the Los Angeles/New York: Marla teenage years. He eventually got a Ellery Queen Messing, 1999 FIFA Women's World grant to study magic with illusionists mystery series. His most popular role was as Cup President and CEO, joins as VP, and, with the help of college friend and Leslie Nielsen's co -star on partner marketing; Jeffrey N. Pollack, future film director Ivan Reitman the short-lived ABC spoof Police Squad! (a VP, marketing and corporate commu- (Ghostbusters, Twins), launched Spell- predecessor to the Naked nications, NBA, New York, joins as bound, a magic show /rock musical. Gun! film series). On the silver screen, North VP, new media publishing. This led to the similarly themed The appeared in some 30 films, including Magic Show, which ran on Broadway Serpico, Plaza David Payne, VP, business affairs, Suite, Lean for more than four years in the 1970s. on Me and Thief of Turner Sports, and VP /team counsel, Hearts, while The show caught the attention of NBC his stage roles includ- Atlanta Braves, Hawks and Thrashers, ed Conversations With My Father, producers, who green -lighted Hen - Atlanta, joins co -owned CNN /Sports Dylan, South ning's first TV special in 1975. Titled Pacific and Lake Hol- Illustrated Interactive there as senior lywood the The World of Magic, Henning per- -his final performance last VP, general manager. spring. North formed in front of a live audience and started his career as a G. Paul Sullivan, president, even recreated Harry Houdini's "Water host of a pre- and post -game televi- Uniapix/Miramar, Los Angeles, sion shows joins Torture Escape." Ratings were so for the Baltimore Orioles Global Media Corp., Vancouver, B.C., good-50 million people watched - and he broadcast his own sports pro- as executive VP. gram for WRC -TV that the show became an annual event. in Washington. He Appointments, Turner Interactive, The shows won an Emmy award and also served in the Navy during New York: Nicholas S. Johnson, New earned seven Emmy nominations. World War II. He is survived by his wife, York sales manager, named VP, New When not performing, Henning devot- June; two daughters; and three grandchildren. York sales manager; Stanley J. Kapica, ed his time to transcendental medita- New York sales manager, named VP, tion and ran unsuccessfully in elections -Compiled by Mara Reinstein New York sales manager. as a member of the Natural Law Party. mreinstein @cahners.com 74 BROADCASTING & CABLE I FEORUARY 14, 2000 .