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Fred Mackerodt, automotive journalist and PR pro, 1938-2023

rederick T. “Fred” Mackerodt, an accomplished automotive writer, photographer, and magazine editor who went on to found an influential New York-based public relations agency, died at his home in upstate New York on December 25. He was

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