Creator of classic “Daisy Girl” spot dies

June 16th, 2008 at 02:36pm Pat Cunningham

Perhaps the most famous presidential campaign commercial in history was the one for Lyndon Johnson in 1964 in which the not-so-subtle message was that Republican challenger Barry Goldwater might start a nuclear war.

The “Daisy Girl” ad, as it was known, aired only once — on NBC, during the movie “David and Bathsheba” on Sept. 7 of that year. But countless millions of Americans have seen it in documentaries and news reports over the past 44 years.

The creator of the spot, Tony Schwartz, DIED Sunday at the age of 84.

Here’s the famous ad:

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