Bob Lewis, a former employee of KU’s University relations department, has died at age 84 from cancer of the esophagus, KU announced today.He retired from university relations in 1998 after nine years as a video producer.Lewis, whose license plate read “Yoyoman”, won a Duncan Co. yo-yo contest in 1937 and continued to do demonstrations and tutor kids in the yo-yo. He also was vocally opposed to the Iraq war and worked as a volunteer for Kansas Public Radio, Audio-Reader, and the Lied Center, among other agencies.In an article in the Journal-World earlier this year, Lewis wrote the following about his relationship with his wife, whom he met after sneaking off Lackland Air Force Base in Texas: “Sixty-two years have passed, and we have been blessed with 10 children, 24 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, with another on the way.Sometimes it pays to break the rules. Life has been good.”He will be buried in Pioneer Cemetery.