My brother, David Hughes, who has died aged 67 of severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, will be remembered for his gravelly voice, his red hair, his sense of humour and his legendary dancing, not to mention his Mick Jagger impersonation. He was a clever, witty, kind man, always willing to have a go at anything ? as long as it was fun.
In 1978, with his friend Mike Hedges, David founded the advertising agency Hedges & Hughes, based in the West End of London, where their clients included the car manufacturers Maserati and BMW, Massey Ferguson tractors and the chemical company WG Grace.
David was born in Llanwnnog, Powys, son of the Rev Harold Hughes, the local vicar, and his wife, Louie, a teacher. After the sudden death of our father in 1952, David became a boarder at St Edmund's school, Canterbury. A gifted linguist, he studied German and French at Durham University, during which time he lived for a year in Germany. He used to say he dreamed in German; and was fluent enough to narrowly escape arrest when taking pictures of the Berlin wall from the wrong side. Although his first love was football, he was also a cox for the men's coxed eights at Durham.
From university he was recruited by Air Products as a copywriter. Living in Chelsea, London, he joined the advertising agency SH Benson and then the advertising division of Burson-Marsteller, an international communications firm. There, he became creative director and vice-president, and met Mike. As joint creative directors, David and Mike ran Hedges & Hughes in London for about 20 years, before they moved their headquarters to Kent. In the 90s, when David returned to London, he became a trustee of the charity Camden Housebound Link Service which helped the elderly in their homes.
David was married twice, first to Frances and then to Jenny, and twice divorced. He was the very proud father of Dylan, Alexander and Jessica, who survive him, along with me and his partner, Clare Gordon.
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2011/jul/18/david-hughes-obituary
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