• 38-year sales rep S. Scott Brown dies at 57

  Furniture Today Staff, June 14, 2013
  HIGH POINT — Longtime independent home furnishings sales representative S. Scott Brown, 57, died June 11 at the University of North Carolina Medical Center with his family by his side.  More

• Cancer claims Hardwood Specialties founder Mike Oates

  Furniture Today Staff, June 11, 2013
  GENEVA, Ill. — Michael (Mike) Oates, founder of dining chair specialist Hardwood Specialties, died May 29 after a fight against cancer. He was 64.  More

• Former King Koil president Ernie Friedman dies at 81

  David Perry, June 10, 2013
  EDINA, Minn. — Former King Koil executive Ernie Friedman, who worked in the mattress industry for half a century, has died. He was 81.  More

• Longtime Seattle retailer Benjamin Masin dies at 93

  Furniture Today Staff, June 7, 2013
  SEATTLE — Longtime Seattle retailer and E. Masin Furniture Co. president Benjamin Masin, 93, died on June 4.  More

• Longtime Wisconsin retailer Bob Waters dies at 83

  Furniture Today Staff, June 4, 2013
  RACINE, Wis. — H. Robert "Bob" Waters, a longtime furniture retailer who was a co-owner of the former Porters of Racine, Wis., died Monday from complications following surgery. He was 83.  More

• Industry veteran Shannon Marie Kennedy dies at 55

  Furniture Today Staff, May 29, 2013
  GREENSBORO, N.C. — Shannon Marie Kennedy, an industry veteran who most recently was director of marketing for the High Point Market Authority, has died after a fight against cancer. She was 54.  More

• Longtime store owner Calvin Coolidge Murrow dies at 88

  Furniture Today Staff, May 21, 2013
  SOUTHPORT, N.C. — Longtime furniture store owner Calvin Coolidge Murrow has died at age 88.  More

• California manufacturing executive, Sidney Blitz dies at age 89

  Furniture Today Staff, May 16, 2013
  LOS ANGELES — Sidney Blitz, a longtime executive in the California furniture manufacturing industry, has died at age 89.  More

• Ohio retailer, industry leader Nils Gustavson dies at 75

  Furniture Today Staff, May 15, 2013
  LANCASTER, Ohio — Nils Gustavson, president of retailer Colonial Heights Furniture here and a longtime industry leader, has died at 75.  More

• Former Century rep Lawrence J. Mannino dies at 66

  Furniture Today Staff, May 10, 2013
  WESTFIELD, N.J. — Lawrence J. Mannino, a sales representative for Century Furniture for years before his retirement, has died following a nine-year battle with leukemia. He was 66.  More

• Italian fashion leader Ottavio Missoni dies at 92

  Furniture Today Staff, May 10, 2013
  SUMIRAGO, Italy — Ottavio Missoni, the founder of an Italian fashion company, died Thursday at the family home. He was 92.  More

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