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Nigel Doughty, 54 (2012)
The Associated Press NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — Nigel Doughty, the owner of English club Nottingham Forest who rescued the two-time former European champion from financial turmoil, died on Saturday. He was 54. Forest, which currently plays in the second tier of English football, released a statement saying Doughty was found dead in the gym at his home in Skillington, a village in the...
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Nello Ferrara, 93 (2012)
KAREN HAWKINS, The Associated Press RIVER FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Candy company executive Nello Ferrara lived a sweet life. The man who brought the world Lemonheads and Atomic Fire Balls routinely serenaded the restaurants where he dined and held mandatory family dinners every Sunday, said his son, Salvatore Ferrara. Nello Ferrara died Friday at his home in the Chicago suburb of River...
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Steve Appleton (1960 - 2012)
The Associated PressBOISE, Idaho (AP) — Steve Appleton, the chief executive and chairman of Micron, died Friday morning in a small, experimental fixed-wing plane crash, the company said. He was 51.Micron spokesman Dan Francisco confirmed Appleton's death in a release, and trading in Micron stocks has been halted.Appleton, a professional stunt plane pilot and former motocross racer, was the only...
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Robert B. Cohen, 86 (2012)
CHRIS HAWLEY, The Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — Magazine distributor Robert B. Cohen, who built the Hudson News chain of newsstands from one store at LaGuardia Airport and changed the way travelers spend their downtime, has died at age 86.Cohen was already a giant in the magazine and newspaper distribution business when he decided to launch a retail chain in 1987. His stores were a break from...
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Mary Duke (Biddle) Trent Semans, 91 (1887 - 2012)
MICHAEL BIESECKER, The Associated PressRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans, heiress to a vast Gilded Age fortune built on tobacco and member of the family that endowed Duke University, has died. She was 91.Her daughter, Rebecca Trent Kirkland, said the Durham, N.C., resident died Wednesday at Duke Hospital.She was the great-granddaughter of Washington Duke, a Confederate soldier...
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Charla Krupp, 58 (2012)
HILLEL ITALIE, The Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — Charla Krupp, a popular author and commentator on fashion and beauty whose best-sellers included "How Not to Look Old" and "How to Never Look Fat...
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Dan Evins (2012)
The Associated Press LEBANON, Tenn. (AP) — The founder of the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store chain, Dan Evins, has died at 76. The company said Monday that Evins — known as Danny — died...
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Jerome Rubin, 86 (1925 - 2012)
CRISTIAN SALAZAR, The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jerome Rubin, who helped bring to market the commercial online research database today known as LexisNexis and the display technology...
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William Polk Carey (2012)
The Associated PressWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — William Polk Carey, an entrepreneur who founded a New York-based investment management firm bearing his name and donated millions of dollars to help...
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Cecil Pond, 87 (1924 - 2011)
TOM COYNE, The Associated PressSOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Cecil Pond, a pioneer of the riding lawn mower and founder of Wheel Horse Products, has died at age 87.Gary Pond of South Bend said his father...
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Leopold Hawelka, 100 (1911 - 2011)
GEORGE JAHN, The Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Andy Warhol stopped by for a cup of his coffee. So did princes, paupers, playwrights, poets and untold thousands for whom a visit to Vienna was...
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Werner Otto, 102 (2011)
The Associated PressBERLIN (AP) — Werner Otto, the founder of the mail-order company that bears his name and a prominent figure in West Germany's post-World War II economic resurgence, has died. He...
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Park Tae-joon, 84 (2011)
The Associated PressSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The founder of South Korean steel giant Posco has died. Park Tae-joon was 84.Yonsei University's Severance Hospital said Park died Tuesday of...
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Patricia Dunn, 58 (1953 - 2011)
JORDAN ROBERTSON, The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Patricia Dunn, the former Hewlett-Packard Co. chairwoman who authorized a boardroom surveillance probe that ultimately sullied her...
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Frederik Meijer, 91 (1919 - 2011)
The Associated Press GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Frederik Meijer, who built the regional retail powerhouse Meijer Inc. while nurturing his lifelong love of the arts, died late Friday at a...
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Jeno Paulucci, 93 (1918 - 2011)
The Associated PressDULUTH, Minn. (AP) — Jeno Paulucci, a Minnesota business icon whose restaurant ventures included a company that popularized the finger food known as pizza rolls, has died. He...
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Eli Hurvitz, 79 (2011)
AMY TEIBEL, The Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Eli Hurvitz, the one-time laboratory dishwasher who transformed Teva Pharmaceutical Industries from a small Israeli medical company into the...
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Theodore J. Forstmann, 71 (1940 - 2011)
BERNARD CONDON, The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Theodore J. Forstmann, a longtime Wall Street financier who was a major player during the wave of corporate takeovers in the 1980s, including...
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John G. Smale, 84 (2011)
The Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — A public memorial service for former Procter & Gamble Co. CEO John G. Smale has been scheduled for Dec. 3 in Cincinnati. Smale died Saturday at age 84....
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Gregory Papalexis (2011)
The Associated Press NORWOOD, N.J. (AP) — Gregory Papalexis, whose Sabrett hot dogs have become a part of the New York City experience, has died. He was 86. Papalexis was president, CEO and...
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Robert Pritzker, 85 (1926 - 2011)
The Associated PressCHICAGO (AP) — Businessman Robert Pritzker, who led a global industrial conglomerate and whose family founded the Hyatt chain of hotels, has died. He was 85.Pritzker died...
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Mace Siegel, 86 (2011)
The Associated Press, The Associated Press ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Mace Siegel, a prominent owner and breeder of thoroughbreds in California and a developer of retail shopping malls, has died of...
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Carl Lindner, Jr., 92 (1919 - 2011)
LISA CORNWELL, The Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — Carl Lindner Jr., a publicity-shy Cincinnati financier known for a shrewdness that forged a business empire, was praised Tuesday for his...
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Ueli Prager, 95 (1916 - 2011)
The Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Ueli Prager, a Swiss businessman who founded the Moevenpick restaurant and hotel chain, has died at the age of 95. Prager died Saturday and the cause of...
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James Van Doren, 72 (2011)
JOHN ROGERS, The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The shoes James Van Doren and his brother cooked up in their family rubber factory turned out to be the perfect fit for the nascent...
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Robert Galvin, 89 (1922 - 2011)
PETER SVENSSON, The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Robert Galvin, who over nearly three decades as Motorola's CEO transformed the maker of police radios and TVs into one of the world's leading...
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Milan "Mike" Puskar, 77 (2011)
VICKI SMITH, The Associated PressMORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Milan "Mike" Puskar, the co-founder and former chairman of generic drug maker Mylan Inc. and a philanthropist who gave tens of millions of...
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Julio Mario Santo Domingo, 87 (2011)
The Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Julio Mario Santo Domingo, one of Colombia's richest and most influential men who spread his fortune across industries, has died at age 87. The...
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William S. Dietrich II (1938 - 2011)
KEVIN BEGOS, The Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — William S. Dietrich II, a longtime steel executive who pledged gifts to the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University last month...
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Kenneth Dahlberg, 94 (1917 - 2011)
The Associated PressMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota businessman Kenneth Dahlberg, a World War II ace and an inadvertent figure in the Watergate scandal that brought down Richard Nixon's presidency,...
