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A Colorful Career Comes To a Close
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Prominent Kansas City sports figure Jerry Green died August 15, 2007, at the age of 77. He was "a flamboyant Kansas City businessman who owned banks and radio stations and tried to buy the Kansas City Royals in 1997." His career started by running his father's car dealership, Union Chevrolet. "His mother, Selma Green, later Selma Green Feld, was a well-known philanthropist who endowed the Carolyn Benton Cockefair Chair for Continuing Education at the University of Missouri-Kansas City." Green owned sports talk radio station WHB, auto dealerships Jerry Green Union Chevrolet and Broadway Ford, Indian Springs State Bank, and other banks which eventually became Union Bank, as well as a collection of sports cars. "Green once told a reporter that he was of establishment background but not an establishment person." Includes his picture.
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2007-08-16
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Dealership Loss May Not Have Been Voluntary
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Major Cadilliac car dealership changed hands earlier this year. It had been in the Major family for 44 years, and the dealership has been a fixture in Kansas City since 1908. It was owned by three successive generations of the Major family and consistently ranked high among the area's top auto stores. F. Lee Major, III, and his son, John T. Major, have filed a lawsuit in Jackson County Circuit Court against General Motors Corp. and its financing arm, General Motors Acceptance Corp. Major Cadillac had taken over Charlie Fisher Buick Chevrolet just down the street from their dealership at 3200 Main and financial problems quickly ensued. Article explains the law suit. Conklin Cars bought the Cadillac dealership in June.
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2007-10-18
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Newspaper Article
