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Article: Tycoon, philanthropist W. Clement Stone dies He started out with nothing and built an insurance empire
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- September 4, 2002
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W. Clement Stone founded a multibillion-dollar insurance empire
with $100 and sought to buck up the world with the idea that anyone
might do the same--all they need is "positive mental attitude."
"All I want to do is change the world," he said.
The founder of Combined Insurance Co., who through his private
foundation passed along $275 million--especially for education and
childhood development--since 1958, died early Tuesday of pneumonia at
Evanston Hospital. He was a resident of the North Shore suburb.
He celebrated his 100th birthday in May with a gift of $100,000 to
the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Famous for his pencil-thin black mustache, his polka-dot bow ties
and a solid fix on ...