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Stanley Marcus' Death

Born (Birthday) Apr 20, 1905

Death Date January 22, 2002

Age of Death 96 years

Cause of Death N/A

Profession Business Executive

The business executive Stanley Marcus died at the age of 96. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Notable for serving as President and Chairman of his family’s Neiman Marcus luxury department store, he is also remembered as a columnist for The Dallas Morning News. In addition, he penned a series of memoirs, including Minding the Store (1974) and Quest for the Best (1979).

The son of Herbert Marcus and Minnie Lichtenstein Marcus, he was born in Dallas, Texas, to a prominent Jewish family. His first marriage, to Mary Cantrell, lasted until Cantrell’s death in 1978 and produced children named Jerrie, Richard, and Wendy. For the last two decades of his life, he was married to librarian Linda Cumber Robinson.

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I already own more than any human being needs.

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I thought it was unfair to ask school kids to integrate first. The parents should lead the way, not send out the children as advance troops.

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I’d like to put together a think tank of people – economists, futurists, city planners, a few department-store people – to discuss reinventing the department store.

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It was at the department store where people got away from provincialism.

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I went into a Beverly Hills shop to buy an attache case. They had 250 cases on their shelves. I asked an attractive saleswoman if they carried one made of belting leather. She said ‘no.’ That was the end of the conversation. She made no attempt to show me another case that would provide equal service. I didn’t buy an attache case.