OBITUARIES
OF BLESSED MEMORY

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PHYLLIS T. BLAU, 82, for-
merly of Detroit, died March 
13, 2022, in Paoli, Pa. 
 She is survived by many 
cousins and friends. Ms. Blau 
was the daughter of the late 
Saul and the late Fanny Blau; 
sister of the late Loretta and 
the late Kenny.
Interment was in Los 
Angeles, Calif. Contributions 
may be made to organiza-
tions that benefit Jewish peo-
ple in the U.S. or Israel.

TERRY T. 
BROWN, 73, 
passed away on 
March 13, 2022.
Interviewer 
of singer Peggy 
Lee when he was a teenager, 
friend of jazz musician Al 
Hirt, and bridge opponent 
(one time at a national tour-
nament) of Warren Buffet — 
Terry T. Brown has held an 
interesting life.
He grew up in Indiana, 
spent most of his life in 
Metro Detroit and moved to 
Las Cruces, New Mexico, in 
retirement.
A longtime Detroit-area 
radio broadcaster, on WWJ 
Newsradio 950 and many 
others, Terry was a lifetime 
communicator.
His lengthy career in pub-
lic relations and marketing in 
Michigan included stints at 
Stone August Baker, J. Walter 
Thompson and Ford Motor 
Company. He was part of the 
creative team that launched 
the first global commercial 
(recognized in the Guinness 
Book of Records), featuring 
teen opera star Charlotte 
Church, for Ford Motor 
Company, in 1999.
Always writing, he had 
more than 3,000 articles 
published in news media. He 

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