Former Luxottica executive Ed Jankowski died Saturday at his home in Pompano Beach, Fla., at the age of 72.

He had battled prostate cancer for the past five years, according to his niece Jamie Jankowski, whom he mentored and is now senior director of design and merchandising at Brahmin USA.

Every day since that diagnosis, Ed Jankowski “fought with a smile on his face” and would advise others, “‘Don’t count the days. Make the days count,’” his niece said Monday. His zeal for that motto was so unwavering that he got his first tattoo with those words on his 72nd birthday in July.

A celebration of life for Jankowski is being planned in Westchester County, N.Y., for December, and another celebration of life will be held in Pompano Beach in January. Per his wishes, a cremation is taking pla

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