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Article: Chicago Businessman, Republican Campaign Contributor Dies at Age 100.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
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- September 4, 2002
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Sep. 4--For W. Clement Stone, who parlayed $100 and a positive mental attitude into a $2 billion insurance empire and a personal fortune once estimated at half a billion dollars, anything was possible.
The founder and chairman emeritus of the giant Combined International Corp.--since merged with Ryan Insurance Group to form Aon Corp.-- Stone was as famous for giving away money as he was for making it with his legendary "success system that never fails."
He was 100 when he died Tuesday in Evanston Hospital. What had seemed like a charmed life ended due to natural causes, according to his son Norman.
Stone's trademarks were a pencil-thin mustache, ...