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Article: John DeLorean, auto executive and sports car developer, dies at 80

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JEFFREY GOLD, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
03-21-2005
Dateline: NEWARK, New Jersey
John Z. DeLorean, an automotive innovator who left General Motors Corp. to develop a radically futuristic sports car only to see that venture crash spectacularly as he fought federal drug charges, has died at age 80.

DeLorean was among just a handful of U.S. entrepreneurs who dared start a car company in the last 75 years.

While apt to be remembered popularly as the man behind the car modified for time travel in the "Back to the Future" movies, DeLorean left a powerful imprint in automaking built on unique, souped-up cars.

DeLorean died late Saturday at Overlook Hospital in Summit, New Jersey, of ...

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