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Article: Van Andel was co-founder of Amway
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- December 8, 2004
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Van Andel was co-founder of Amway
Grand Rapids, Mich. -- Jay Van Andel, the co-founder of Amway
Corp. who helped parlay neighborhood soap sales into a billion-
dollar business and later became a leading philanthropist for
conservative causes, has died. He was 80.
Van Andel died at his home in Ada, just east of Grand Rapids, of
apparent heart failure, said Casey Wondergem, executive director of
the Jay and Betty Van Andel Foundation. About nine years ago, Van
Andel was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.
"We're deeply saddened by the loss of a man of great integrity who
has been a strong Republican supporter for a number of years," Greg
McNeilly, executive director of the Michigan Republican ...