On Sun, Mar 20, 2005 at 10:35:28PM +0000, Carl Remick wrote:
> [Lesson #12: How to bury your lead.]
>
> March 20, 2005
> John DeLorean, Innovative Automaker, Dies at 80
> By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
>
> NEWARK, N.J. -- John Z. DeLorean, the innovative automaker who left a
> promising career in Detroit to develop the short-lived gull-winged sports
> cars featured as a souped-up time travel machine in the "Back to the Future"
> movies, has died. He was 80.
>
> DeLorean died late Saturday at Overlook Hospital in Summit, N.J., of
> complications from a recent stroke, said Paul Connell, an owner of A.J.
> Desmond & Sons Funeral Directors in Royal Oak, Mich., which was handling
> arrangements.
>
> "Obviously, we're deeply saddened by the passing of an incredible, talented
> car person and loving family member," said DeLorean's nephew, Mark DeLorean.
>
> DeLorean was among just a handful of U.S. entrepreneurs who dared start a
> car company in the last 75 years. Nearly all faded away, but his crashed
> spectacularly amid drug charges. ...
>
> <http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/20/business/20cnd-delorean.html?hp&ex=1111381200&en=b47d2ef2db64cccf&ei=5094&partner=homepage>
>
> Carl
>
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