Ink Company Founder Gans, 88, Passes

LOS ANGELES--Robert Gans, 88, an old-school entrepreneur and showman who used hard work, wit and celebrities to hawk his company’s line of inks, passed away last Friday after a brief battle with cancer.

Mr. Gans founded Gans Ink in 1950, which has grown to a $25 million a year business. Although he had not been involved in day-to-day activities since the early 1990s, Mr. Gans still phoned in or dropped by the office to see how things were going, according to Gans Ink President Jeff Koppelman.