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Newsby StaffSeptember 25, 2022

Bill Madden, Longtime HDT Sales Rep, Dead at 65

Longtime HDT sales representative Bill Madden died peacefully on Sept. 20 after an unexpected battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 65.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeSeptember 24, 2022

Trucking Writer Steve Sturgess Passes Away

Well-known trucking writer and former HDT executive editor Steve Sturgess has died.

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Newsby StaffJune 16, 2022

TTSI's Vic La Rosa, Sustainability Pioneer, Dies

HDT Truck Fleet Innovator Vic La Rosa, co-founder and CEO of Total Transportation Services Inc., has died after a battle with lung cancer.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeMay 3, 2022

Norman Mineta, Former Transportation Secretary and Infrastructure Champion, Dies

Norman Mineta, the former U.S. Secretary of Transportation who was key in the formation of a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, died May 3 at age 90.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeApril 29, 2021

'Tire Guru' Al Cohn Dies

Al Cohn, a well-known figure in the commercial tire industry, passed away April 28 following complications in a long battle with cancer.

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Newsby StaffOctober 2, 2020

Former HDT Chief Passes Away

James N. (Jim) Hutchinson, who was chief executive officer of Heavy Duty Trucking and its parent company Newport Communications Group for eight years, died Sept. 24 in Newport Beach, California, following a heart attack.

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Newsby StaffAugust 3, 2020

Trucking Radio Icon Bill Mack Dead at 88

Bill Mack, whose Midnight Cowboy Trucking Show overnight program on Texas clear channel WBAP-AM entertained truckers for decades, died July 31 at age 88, according to published reports.

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Newsby StaffMay 8, 2020

Instructional Technologies' Laura McMillan Dead at 56

"Fiercely dedicated to improving the trucking industry," Laura McMillan, vice president of training development at Instructional Technologies Inc., is dead at age 56.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeNovember 21, 2019

Longtime Aftermarket Leader Zukowski Dies at 91

Raymond J. Zukowski, who spent 60 years growing Euclid Industries into a leading provider of heavy-duty aftermarket parts before it was sold to Meritor, recently died at age 91.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 11, 2019

Oil Tycoon and Natural Gas Advocate T. Boone Pickens Dies at 91

T. Boone Pickens Jr., famous oil tycoon turned evangelist for alternative fuels and American energy independence, has died at the age of 91 of natural causes.

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