Saturday, November 26, 2011

Frederik Meijer, Meijer Inc. founder, dead at 91 (AP)

Fred Meijer talks to a reporter at Frederik Meijer Gardens in this April 1998 photo. Meijer, who built the regional retail powerhouse Meijer Inc. while nurturing his lifelong love of the arts, has died at age 91. The company confirmed his death in a statement Friday evening Nov. 25, 2011, saying the billionaire died at the Spectrum Health System in Grand Rapids after suffering a stroke in his home in the early morning hours. (AP Photo/Anna Moore - Grand Rapids Press)AP - Frederik Meijer, who built the regional retail powerhouse Meijer Inc. while nurturing his lifelong love of the arts, died late Friday at a hospital in western Michigan. He was 91.


Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111126/ap_on_re_us/us_obit_meijer

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