The Paris attacks claim the lives of three veterans of the advertising industry

Fabrice Dubois, Yannick Minvielle and François-Xavier Prévost are among the victims of the terrorist attack in the Bataclan theater in Paris, that occurred on the evening of Friday November 13th. The Publicis Counseil is in mourning. Valerie Henaff, CEO of the company, expressed their sadness for the loss of Fabrice Dubois, Senior Copywriter, who devoted 13 years of his career to the organization. “Fabrice Dubois, victim of the attack in Bataclan, left us last night. All the agency´s upset. He was a very great man, in every sense of the word” posted the group in a press release. According to news reports he was 46. Publicis, together with other agencies like Havas’ BETC, are praying there are no more victims among their employees. According to the reports, Yannick Minvielle, 37-year-old Creative Director at RED/Publicis, is another of the victims. 29-year-old François-Xavier Prévost, who joined LocalMedia after five years with Havas Media, also died in the attack. “There were a lot of people from the industry at the Bataclan on Friday” said Ellen Broome -Head of International Communications at BETC Paris- in an email. “The bar and restaurant attacked were a few minutes from BETC and is where we go all the time for lunch and drinks”.