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1. William C. Durant › Date of death

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   William Crapo Durant (December 8, 1861 – March 18, 1947) was a leading pioneer of the United States automobile industry and co-founder of General Motors and Chevrolet. He created a system in which a company held multiple marques – each seemingly independent, with different automobile lines – bound under a unified corporate holding company.

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   Died At Age: 85. Family: Spouse/Ex-: Catherine Lederer (1886), Clara Miller Pitt. father: William Clark Durant. mother: Rebecca Folger Crapo. children: Cliff Durant, Margery Durant. Born Country: United States. Automobile Industry American Men. Died on: March 18, 1947. place of death: New York, New York, United States. City: Boston.

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   Who was William Crapo Durant?

   • William Crapo Durant (December 8, 1861 – March 18, 1947) was a leading pioneer of the United States automobile industry and co-founder of General Motors and Chevrolet. He created a system in which a company held multiple marques – each seemingly independent, with different automobile lines – bound under a unified corporate holding company.

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   • Now called the Durant Marketplace, there is even a red four-door 1929 Durant on display. As for William C. Durant, his was a “riches-to-rags” story. He died in 1947, nearly broke, with his last job as the manager of a bowling alley in Flint, Michigan.

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   Who was William Durant?

   • The story of the Durant car starts long before this 1929 model was built. Most of us love “rags-to-riches” stories, but it was just the opposite for William C. Durant. He was an owner of the Durant-Dort Carriage Company, a leading manufacturer of horse-drawn carriages.

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   Who is Billy Durant?

   • Billy Durant: Creator of General Motors. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-472-03302-7. Rae, John B. "The Fabulous Billy Durant." Business History Review (1958) 32#3: 255-271 online. Weisberger, Bernard A. The Dream Maker: William C. Durant, Founder of General Motors. Boston: Little, Brown, 1979. Print.

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   WILLIAM C.DURANT, AUTO PIONEER, DIES; Founder of the General Motors Corp., Spectacular Trader in Stock Market Here VICTIM OF THE 1929 CRASH Estimated $120 Million Wealth Shrank to $250 by...

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   May 1, 1996 · By the early '40s, he was operating a Flint bowling alley. He had plans for a nationwide chain of bowling alleys, but time ran out. Mr. Durant had a stroke in Flint in 1942 and died in his New...

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   Jun 27, 2018 · The American industrialist William Crapo Durant (1861-1947) was the founder of General Motors, an automobile manufacturing company. William C. Durant was born in Boston, Mass., on Dec. 8, 1861. He grew up in Flint, Mich., where he became a leading carriage manufacturer.

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   Jan 12, 2013 · From 1934 until his death, Durant dabbled in stocks, politics, and social issues. None of these later ventures reflected his former industrious thinking and he faded from public life. On March 18, 1947, William Durant died in New York City, the same year as Henry Ford, thus, marking the end of a remarkable era in automotive excellence.

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    Apr 19, 2020 · Durant Motors was formed the following year and lasted until 1933, a victim of the Great Depression. Back in present times, Mitchell didn’t buy this Durant car on the spot, but like a puppy at...