Robert Coles, who founded and published Utah Holiday Magazine, has died at age 72 from complications of Lewy body disease. Coles, who died Tuesday at his home in Salt Lake City, established the magazine in 1971. In its first years, the publication was pitched to tourists. It later became known for investigative reports on serial killer Ted Bundy, the Equal Rights Amendment furor in Utah, the Mark Hoffman bombings and polygamy. At its peak in the mid-1980s, the magazine had a circulation of 20,000 readers. "Utah Holiday was the very first city magazine of its kind in Utah and grew from a very small publication that his family handed out on the streets to a major publication with major news stories that the community otherwise wouldn't have heard of," said Mildred Evans, the magazine's office manager for 13 years. "Although there wasn't a lot of money that it brought in, he felt it was providing a service to the community, and that was the important thing," said Paul Swenson, who edited the magazine for 15 years. Before publishing Utah Holiday, Coles was a reporter for the Desert News from 1957 to 1959. He edited several trade publications in the 1960s, including Intermountain Contractor, Utah Homebuilder and Intermountain Industry. "During that time, he thought there was a good opportunity to start a magazine for Salt Lake City and the surrounding area. So he borrowed $800 and started Utah Holiday in the basement of his house," said Coles' son, Matthew Coles.