Toshifumi Suzuki spent four decades building 7-Eleven into a cornerstone of daily life in Japan.
Category: Deaths (Obituaries)
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Toshifumi Suzuki, Japan’s ‘God’ of Convenience Stores Dies at 93
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Greg Hyman, Co-Creator of Tickle Me Elmo, Dies at 78
The New York Times – Business:An electronics wizard, he was already a veteran inventor when he collaborated with Ron Dubren on an idea for a toy that giggled. The rest is retail history.
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Peter G. Neumann, Who Warned of Computer Security Risks, Dies at 93
The New York Times – Business:For decades, he criticized the industry’s lax attitudes toward computer security and individual digital privacy. He also developed solutions.
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Edmund Phelps, Who Upended the Way We View Inflation, Dies at 92
The New York Times – Business:He won a Nobel in 2006 for challenging the conventional wisdom among economists that higher inflation was a necessary price to pay for low unemployment.
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Joe Sedelmaier Dies at 92; Ad Auteur Behind ‘Where’s the Beef?’
The New York Times – Business:He directed nearly 1,000 comedic commercials, including a much-quoted spot for Wendy’s and one for FedEx featuring a manic speed talker.
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Joni Lamb, Whose Christian TV Station Went Global, Dies at 65
The New York Times – Business:She and her husband, Marcus Lamb, founded Daystar Television Network, which reached more than 200 countries and made the couple into televangelism stars.
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Dean Buntrock, Maestro of Waste Management, Dies at 94
The New York Times – Business:Anticipating how the environmental movement would affect trash disposal in the United States, he built a 12-truck garbage company into a coast-to-coast behemoth.
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Ted Turner, Creator of CNN and the 24-Hour News Cycle, Dies at 87
The New York Times – Business:As one of the most important figures in media history, he oversaw a vast cable empire of news, sports and entertainment channels.
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Doris Fisher, Co-Founder of the Gap, Dies at 94
The New York Times – Business:The company she started in 1969 with her husband, Don, grew from a single store selling jeans and records to a $16 billion brand that remade the apparel industry.
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Roger Sweet, Creator of the He-Man Action Figure, Dies at 91
The New York Times – Business:The musclebound character he developed as a toy designer for Mattel gave rise to the Masters of the Universe franchise and helped define the machismo of the 1980s.
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Kevin Klose, Who Made NPR a Reporting Powerhouse, Dies at 85
The New York Times – Business:A longtime journalist at The Washington Post, he used his unexpected fund-raising talents to greatly expand the radio organization’s coverage.