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- BUSINESS, Page 56Business NotesADVERTISINGBeen Lonely Too Long
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- He is one of Madison Avenue's most enduring -- if not
- hardest-working -- characters: the Maytag repairman. Billed as "the
- loneliest guy in the world" because the company's products
- supposedly never break down, he has been portrayed by actor Jesse
- White since the Iowa-based appliance maker launched the campaign
- 21 years ago. But next month, at 70, White will hang up his never
- used tool belt. He will be replaced by actor Gordon Jump, 56, who
- portrayed radio-station manager Arthur Carlson in the TV series
- WKRP in Cincinnati. But White is not all washed up. Like many
- corporate superstars before him, he will remain on the payroll as
- a consultant.