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Forrest Mars Jr. dies at 84

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05.08.2016

Forrest Mars Jr., the billionaire co-owner of Mars Inc., has died at the age of 84. He died on 26 July in Seattle, according to Mars spokesman Jonathan Mudd. The cause was a heart attack.
Mars had a home in Big Horn, Wyoming. The grandson of Forrest E. Mars, who made the first Mars products in 1911, he helped his younger brother and sister run the family-owned company for around 30 years.
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