About Dick Durrell
Lived 1925 – 2008 (aged 82–83). Dick Durrell was a publisher.
Richard J. "Dick" Durrell (ca. 1925 – March 7, 2008) was an American advertising executive and one of the founding staff members for People magazine.
Durrell turned down an offer to play baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers franchise in order to attend the University of Minnesota, from which he graduated in 1948.
He was married to Jacquelyn Durrell, a former Connecticut State Representative and First Selectman of Fairfield.
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Who was Dick Durrell?
American businessman
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Dick Durrell was born in 1925.
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Dick Durrell died on 7 March 2008.
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Dick Durrell was a publisher.
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