Rick Levine, who gave a commercial film touch, dies at 94

Rick Levine, an award-winning TV commercial director who brought a big screen sensitivity to the small screen with widely famous spots, such as an 1980s Diet Pepsi Super Bowl ad with Michael J. Fox risking life and limb for love, died on March 11 at his home in Marina del Rey, California. He was 94 years old. Death was confirmed by his daughter Abby Larocca. Mr. Levine was a product of what is often called the Golden Age of advertising, increasi…