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California furniture retailer Sally Ann Dupree diesFurniture Today Staff, October 26, 2009CASTRO VALLEY, Calif. — Sally Ann Dupree, a longtime retailer in the East Bay area of California, has died at age 71.
Dupree and her husband, Bill, opened Dupree's Furniture in 1972 in Oakland. The store is now in San Leandro.
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Sealy's David Sherman killed in bike accidentDavid Perry, October 26, 2009ARCHDALE, N.C. — Sealy vice president David Sherman was killed Saturday when an SUV struck his bicycle and left the scene of the accident. More
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Longtime sales representative Jerry Tugman diesFurniture Today Staff, October 22, 2009DETROIT — Jerry Tugman, a longtime sales representative here who was semi-retired, died Sunday, Oct. 18. More
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City of Hope to honor the late Don Marks during High Point MarketFurniture Today Staff, October 9, 2009HIGH POINT — City of Hope and friends of the late Don Marks, the former Badcock Home Furniture & more CEO who died of cancer Oct. 3, plan a tribute to him on Friday, Oct. 16, during the High Point Market. More
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Badcock's Don Marks dies of cancerClint Engel, October 5, 2009MULBERRY, Fla. — Don Marks, the first non-Badcock family member to lead Badcock Home Furniture & more, who was credited with remaking the Top 100 company's image and operations, died Saturday after battling cancer. He was 62. More
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Furniture salesman George Colombo dies at 50Furniture Today Staff, September 17, 2009NOBLESVILLE, Ind. — George A. Colombo, a longtime retail salesman in the Indianapolis area, had died. He was 50. More
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Former Craftex Mills President Robert Blum dies at 93Furniture Today Staff, September 17, 2009JUPITER, Fla. — Robert B. Blum, the former president of textiles manufacturer Craftex Mills of Pa., has died. He was 93. More
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Jack Gordon of Gordon's Furniture dies at 97Furniture Today Staff, September 17, 2009PITTSBURGH — Jack Gordon, a prominent businessman who founded the Gordon's Furniture chain of stores, died Sept. 12 at the age of 97. More
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Longtime furniture executive Henry Dyer Rutledge dies at 95Furniture Today Staff, September 14, 2009DALLAS — Henry Dyer Rutledge, who worked in the industry for more than 80 years and had an instrumental role in the growth of Weir's Furniture here, died Sept. 10. He was 95. More
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Georgia furniture retailer Jay Weinberger dies after police chaseFurniture Today Staff, September 8, 2009AUGUSTA, Ga. — Furniture retailer Jay Weinberger died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound early Saturday morning in what police here described as a bizarre incident involving a stolen trailer, the Augusta Chronicle reported. More
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Furniture retail veteran Victor Kirschman diesFurniture Today Staff, September 1, 2009NEW ORLEANS — Victor F. Kirschman, whose family once ran the Louisiana-based furniture retail chain bearing its name, has died of complications from Parkinson's disease. He was 86. More
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Furniture sales representative Frank Boschwitz dies at 85Furniture Today Staff, August 19, 2009BOCA RATON, Fla. — Frank Boschwitz, a longtime sales representative and industry association officer in New York and New Jersey before his retirement, has died. He was 85. More
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Bill Steinhafel of Steinhafels Furniture dies at 79Furniture Today Staff, August 18, 2009SANIBEL, Fla. — Retired furniture retailer William F. "Bill" Steinhafel, a member of the family that owns Waukesha, Wis.-based Top 100 company Steinhafels Furniture, has died. He was 79. More
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Former Hall of Fame director Joanna Maitland dies at 90Tanya Merritte, August 11, 2009HIGH POINT — Joanna Cutkomp Maitland, former managing director of the American Furniture Hall of Fame and a former executive at the Upholstered Furniture Action Council, has died. She was 90. More
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Melvin Newman of Newman Furniture diesFurniture Today Staff, August 3, 2009JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Melvin Newman, a longtime industry figure and owner of retailer Newman Furniture here, has died. More
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Furniture designer James Dern dies at 66Furniture Today Staff, July 24, 2009MORGANTON, N.C. — James G. Dern Jr., a designer of high-end furniture, has died at the age of 66. More
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Retired furniture sales rep Jack Rabinovitch diesTanya Merritte, July 14, 2009MONTREAL, Quebec — Jack Rabinovitch, a sales representative in Canada for more than 40 years, has died at the age of 96. More
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UPDATE: El Dorado Furniture CEO Manuel Capo diesClint Engel, July 10, 2009MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Manuel Capo, who fled Cuba in the 1960s and went on to build Florida's El Dorado Furniture, one of the largest U.S. furniture store chains, died early today after a short illness. He was 83. More
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El Dorado Furniture CEO Manuel Capo diesClint Engel, July 10, 2009MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Manuel Capo, who fled Cuba in the 1960s and went on to build Florida's El Dorado Furniture, one of the largest U.S. furniture store chains, died early today after a short illness. He was 83. More
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Furniture sales rep Ralph Lee Craver dies at 78Furniture Today Staff, July 8, 2009JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Ralph Lee Craver, a sales representative for Lexington Furniture Inds. for more than 40 years before his retirement, has died. He was 78. More
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