Advertising legend Jay Chiat, whose idiosyncratic agency created commercials such as the famous “1984” spot for Apple Computer , died Tuesday April 23 at his Marina Del Rey, Calif., home. He was 70.

Jay Chiat, the advertising executive whose firm created the drum-beating Energizer bunny and introduced Apple as the “computer for the rest of us,” died of prostate cancer early Tuesday at his Venice ...

Steve Jobs thought ditching ad agency Chiat/Day proved Apple had lost its creative mojo. Photo: Apple and Chiat/Day May 27, 1986: An exiled Steve Jobs takes a shot at Apple after the company ditches ...

Jay Chiat, a pioneering advertising executive who did much to establish the industry in Los Angeles -- once dismissed in the business as an outpost -- died of complications of cancer yesterday in ...

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TBWA\Chiat\Day LA is the original Disruption® company. Shunning the conventions of Madison Avenue, Chiat\Day kick-started the West Coast ad boom in 1968 and has been disrupting for more than 50 years.

Jay Chiat, the advertising executive whose firm created the drum-beating Energizer bunny and introduced Apple as the “computer for the rest of us,” died of prostate cancer Tuesday in his Venice Beach ...