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Article: John DeLorean dies; father of GTO
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- March 21, 2005
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NEWARK, N.J. -- 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 past 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, N.J.,
of complications from a recent stroke, said Paul Connell, an owner of
A.J. Desmond & Sons ...