This is the sad truth…I heard about it a little earlier this week via Ed Dale's Blog. And although I never met Gary Halbert personally, I feel saddened about his death. It seems that all the good marketers are dying too soon - although he was much older than Internet pioneer Corey Rudl, president of the Internet Marketing Center who passed away in 2005 at age 34 because of a fatal car crash on a race track.
Gary Halbert was one of the best direct marketers on the planet as well as probably the best copywriter of all times.
The way I got in touch with his work was through his website at http://www.thegaryhalbertletter.com/ where he was publishing his newsletters which, more often than not, were rants about the whole Internet marketing industry. But even more importantly, he freely shared his knowledge and ideas about copywriting and marketing in general.
It seems that his domain will expire in about 3 weeks and I don't know if there's someone who will make sure the content, all of his newsletters, will stay there. So if you want to read what Gary had got to share, you better go to his website soon. Personally, I downloaded all of his issues for offline viewing to be on the safe side. I intend to read about 1 a day as they are quite long (most would be around 20 pages if printed out…) and I'd suggest you do the same.
Take care,
Detlev

Hi Vivien
I know that many people (including many I can't contact by email like this) wanted to express sympathy or reach Gary's family directly, so I've posted a link on my blog to do that:
www.john-carlton.com
Thanks,
John Carlton
www.MarketingRebel.com


Hi Vivien...
I'm sure you've heard, by now, that Gary Halbert -- my Pop --
passed away on April 8, peacefully, in his sleep, at home in Miami.
I asked Gary's close friend, John Carlton, to post a letter on
www.thegaryhalbertletter.com, explaining some important details
that people have been asking about.
That letter is posted and ready for you to see.
Thanks.
Kevin Halbert
Cherrywood Publishing
2520 SW 22nd st, Ste 2-355
Miami, FL 33145
Usa