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  1. Occupation. Automobile executive. Known for. Chairman and CEO of General Motors. Roger Bonham Smith (July 12, 1925 – November 29, 2007) was the chairman and CEO of General Motors Corporation from 1981 to 1990, and is widely known as the main subject of Michael Moore 's 1989 documentary film Roger & Me . Smith seemed to be the last of the old ...

  2. Nov 30, 2007 · Roger Smith, the General Motors executive who tried to modernize the American automotive giant during the 1980s but instead became a scapegoat for its demise, died Thursday in suburban...

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  4. Nov 29, 2007 · Roger Bonham Smith (July 12, 1925 – November 29, 2007) was the chairman and CEO of General Motors Corporation from 1981 to 1990, and is widely known as the main subject of Michael Moore 's 1989 documentary film Roger & Me. Smith seemed to be the last of the old-line GM chairmen, a conservative anonymous bureaucrat, resisting change.

  5. DETROIT — Roger B. Smith, who led General Motors Corp. in the 1980s and was the subject of Michael Moore’s searing documentary “Roger & Me,” has died, the automaker said Friday. He was 82....

  6. Nov 30, 2007 · By Reuters. November 30, 20071:47 PM PSTUpdated 16 years ago. By Jui Chakravorty. DETROIT (Reuters) - Former General Motors Corp Chief Executive Roger Smith, who oversaw a sweeping...

  7. Dec 1, 2007 · Share story. By. TOM KRISHER. AP Auto Writers. DETROIT — Roger Smith, who led General Motors in the 1980s and was the subject of Michael Moore’s searing documentary “Roger & Me,” has died,...

  8. Dec 1, 2007 · He was 82. Smith died Thursday in the Detroit area after a brief illness that GM did not identify. He was appointed chairman and chief executive on Jan. 1, 1981, and led the world's largest ...