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Notable Business Deaths

  • William Cox, Jr. (2013)

    William Cox, Jr.

    The Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — Former Dow Jones & Co. executive William Cox Jr. has died at age 82, according to the Wall Street Journal.The Journal report cited unnamed people close to the family. Cox was part of the Bancroft family that controlled Dow Jones and the Wall Street Journal until they were sold to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. in 2007.The sale was contentious because the Journal...

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  • E. Robert Kinney (2013)

    E. Robert Kinney

    The Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — E. Robert Kinney, a former chief executive of General Mills who earlier in his career was instrumental in popularizing fish sticks, has died. He was 96. A statement from General Mills said Kinney died last week in Arizona. Kinney was a food company executive for most of his career, including a successful stint in leading Gorton's of Gloucester — a...

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  • Dave Gold (2013)

    Dave Gold

    The Associated PressLOS ANGELES (AP) — Dave Gold, the founder of the 99 Cents Only Stores more than three decades ago who saw it expand into a billion-dollar empire, has died. He was 80.Gold died Monday of an apparent attack at his Los Angeles home, his son, Jeff Gold, told the Los Angeles Times in a story published Saturday.Gold was 50 when he opened the first store in 1982. He told the Times...

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  • Robert Earl Holding (2013)

    Robert Earl Holding

    MARTIN GRIFFITH, The Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Billionaire Robert Earl Holding, whose business empire included ownership of Sinclair Oil and two world-class ski resorts in the U.S. West, has died. He was 86. Holding died Friday in Utah after suffering lingering complications of a 2002 stroke, Clint Ensign, senior vice president of the Sinclair Companies, said Sunday. Holding...

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  • Anne Firestone Ball (2013)

     Anne Firestone Ball

    The Associated PressGREENWICH, Conn. (AP) — Tire company heir and philanthropist Anne Firestone Ball has died from injuries she suffered during a fire in her Connecticut home. She was 79.Ball's son, John Ball Jr., said Wednesday that his mother died Friday at Bridgeport Hospital from complications after surgery for injuries she sustained in a kitchen fire in her Greenwich home April 4.Anne...

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