This
Jan. 9, 2009, photo shows Bob
Berg of Berg Muirhead Public
Relations. Former Detroit
mayoral spokesman and
communications strategist Berg
has died following a battle with
cancer. He was 76. Van Dyke Horn
public relations firm Chief
Executive Peter Van Dyke says
Berg died Wednesday, May 8,
2019, at his Detroit home.
(Ricardo Thomas/Detroit News via
AP)
Former
Detroit
mayoral
spokesman
Bob Berg
dies at
age 76
DETROIT
- Former
Detroit
mayoral
spokesman
and
communications
strategist
Bob Berg
has died
following
a battle
with
cancer.
He was
76.
Van
Dyke
Horn
public
relations
firm
Chief
Executive
Peter
Van Dyke
says
Berg
died
Wednesday
at his
Detroit
home.
Berg
served
as press
secretary
from
1983-93
for
Detroit
Mayor
Coleman
A.
Young.
He was
executive
assistant
for
public
affairs
from
1977-82
for
Michigan
Gov.
William
Milliken.
In
1998,
Berg
founded
the
Detroit-based
Berg
Muirhead
and
Associates
public
relations
firm and
served
as
counsel
to the
company
after it
was sold
in 2016
to
employees
Van Dyke
and
Marilyn
Horn.
Berg
is
survived
by his
partner,
Wanda
Brock;
son,
Erik;
daughters,
Melanie
Berg and
Lola
Kristina
Gibson-Berg;
sister,
Karen
Dolan;
brother,
Glenn;
and four
grandchildren.
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