All Obituary articles – Page 2

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    Markus Huber has passed away...

    2018-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Markus Huber, the kind and witty German journalist who helped us to launch The Outdoor Industry Compass ten years ago, died on Nov. 8 at a hospital in Nuremberg after a long and serious illness. He was only 47 years old. A memorial service will be held for him on ...

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    Hubert Schöffel, a pioneer of the outdoor industry, died...

    2018-08-30T00:00:00Z

    Hubert Schöffel, a pioneer of the outdoor industry, died at the age of 88 on Aug. 8. He played a major role at the German family-owned producer of outdoor and ski clothing, which recently celebrated 50 years in the outdoor sector. Hubert Schöffel ran the family business for three ...

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    Olivier Bonnet, general manager of Simond, died while climbing in...

    2018-08-30T00:00:00Z

    Olivier Bonnet, general manager of Simond, died while climbing in the Mont-Blanc area in early August. He was near the Dent du Géant, which rises to an altitude of 4,103 meters, with a mountain guide. Bonnet reportedly died when a chunk of rock came off the mountain. Simond is the ...

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    Ann Krcik, the long-time senior director of communication for The...

    2018-03-30T00:00:00Z

    Ann Krcik, the long-time senior director of communication for The North Face, died of cancer on Feb. 27. She played a key role in developing the idea of outdoor professionals as athletes and not just adventurers. She founded Extreme Connection, a company that introduced outdoor athletes to the world through ...

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    Josef “Sepp“ Wagner, former chief executive of Hanwag, passed away...

    2018-02-21T00:00:00Z

    Josef “Sepp“ Wagner, former chief executive of Hanwag, passed away at the age of 96 on Jan. 26. Wagner joined the company in 1936 when it was controlled by his uncle, Hans Wagner, whose name was the inspiration for the name “Han-Wag.” After he returned to Vierkirchen from captivity in ...

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    Original Buff has announced the death of its founder, Joan...

    2018-01-22T00:00:00Z

    Original Buff has announced the death of its founder, Joan Rojas, after a determined fight against cancer. He was 72 years old. With his unconventional spirit, he invented a seamless bandana in microfiber to protect himself from the wind and the cold while driving his motorcycle. He used his family's ...

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    Carsten von Birckhahn, brand manager and a member of the...

    2017-08-08T00:00:00Z

    Carsten von Birckhahn, brand manager and a member of the executive board at Edelrid, died on July 15 in a paragliding accident in Val di Mello in the Italian Alps. Aged 49, Von Birckhahn was a driving force behind numerous innovations over his ten-year tenure at the climbing specialist company. ...

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    Hervé Maneint, senior product manager at the Scott Sports Group...

    2017-05-11T00:00:00Z

    Hervé Maneint, senior product manager at the Scott Sports Group for skis and ski boots, died a few days ago at the age of 56 in the area of Chamonix, hit by a falling rock while on a ski tour in the company of three other people, including two mountain ...

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    Due to a technical glitch, we didn't publish the information...

    2017-05-11T00:00:00Z

    Due to a technical glitch, we didn't publish the information about the death of Royal Robbins in our last issue. The famous American mountain climber, who founded the outdoor clothing firm that bears his name together with his wife Liz in 1968, passed away in March at the age of ...

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    Ueli Steck, the legendary Swiss climber, died near Mount Everest...

    2017-05-11T00:00:00Z

    Ueli Steck, the legendary Swiss climber, died near Mount Everest on April 30. He was 40 years old. He slipped from a slope and fell into a crevasse at an altitude of around 6,600 meters on the nearby Mount Nuptse, according to the organizers of his latest solo expedition, as ...

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    Jackson Standefer, a 14-year-old boy, died on April 15 in...

    2017-05-11T00:00:00Z

    Jackson Standefer, a 14-year-old boy, died on April 15 in the Grand Canyon National Park while accompanying his mother, Julie Standefer, and his step-grandmother, Lou-Ann Merrell, in the search for latter's husband, Randy Merrell, a maker of customized boots who helped in the establishment of the Merrell Boot Company in ...

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    As reported by Sport Partner, Bob Kooijmans, the passionate Dutch...

    2017-01-13T00:00:00Z

    As reported by Sport Partner, Bob Kooijmans, the passionate Dutch entrepreneur who founded The Nomad Company 40 years ago, died from illness on Dec. 27. In July 2014, he lost his 47-year-old son Barry, who died together with his wife and their two young daughters in the crash of a ...

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    The funeral was held in Asolo's cathedral on Dec. 23...

    2017-01-13T00:00:00Z

    The funeral was held in Asolo's cathedral on Dec. 23 for Luigi Parisotto, an Italian shoemaker who was closely connected with the history of the Italian ski and mountain boot manufacturing industry. He passed away on Dec. 20 at the age of 86. Luigi Parisotto started to work at the ...

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    Bob Swanson, one of the original founders of Sierra Designs,...

    2016-10-22T00:00:00Z

    Bob Swanson, one of the original founders of Sierra Designs, has passed away. Swanson founded the company in 1965 with George Marks, naming it after the outdoor playground he knew in California. The two friends considered that camping and backpacking should be about healthy fun, with the use of appropriate ...

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    Edoardo Rabajoli, honorary chairman of Ferrino, has passed away, leaving...

    2016-05-12T00:00:00Z

    Edoardo Rabajoli, honorary chairman of Ferrino, has passed away, leaving three children. In 1971, he became a shareholder of the company founded by Cesare Ferrino around 1890, with a stake of 50 percent. One of his children, Augusto Rabajoli, became joint general manager of Ferrino in 2008 along with Anna ...

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    Lawrence Pugh, who accompanied VF Corporation's rise as a leading...

    2015-12-23T00:00:00Z

    Lawrence Pugh, who accompanied VF Corporation's rise as a leading U.S.-based denim and sportswear company, has passed away at the age of 82. VF Corp is the owner of The North Face, Vans and Timberland along with many other sports, denim and fashion brands. Pugh was appointed president in 1980. ...

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    Skip Yowell, a co-founder of JanSport, passed away at 69...

    2015-11-06T00:00:00Z

    Skip Yowell, a co-founder of JanSport, passed away at 69 on Oct. 13 at his home in Kansas, following an illness. Yowell founded the company in 1967 in Seattle, Washington, together with his cousin, Murray Pletz, and a seamstress, Jan Lewis, to make backpacks for the outdoors. The company went ...

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    Manuel Abad Sáenz, who founded Calzados Fal 50 years ago, passed...

    2015-11-06T00:00:00Z

    Manuel Abad Sáenz, who founded Calzados Fal 50 years ago, passed away on Oct. 24 at the age of 78. He began by making vulcanized outdoor shoes for the local farmers in the region of La Rioja. The company subsequently launched a brand, Chiruca, which is regarded as the biggest ...

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    Leon Gorman, head of L.L.Bean, died on Sept. 3 at...

    2015-09-24T00:00:00Z

    Leon Gorman, head of L.L.Bean, died on Sept. 3 at his home in Yarmouth, Maine. He was 80 years old and reportedly suffered from cancer. Gorman, who was the grandson of the company's founder, was president and chief executive of L.L. Bean from 1967 to 2001, chairman from 2001 to ...

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    Francesco Delladio passed away on June 29, at the age...

    2015-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Francesco Delladio passed away on June 29, at the age of 88. He worked all his life for La Sportiva, the Italian company founded in 1928 by his father Narciso Delladio, expanding its presence internationally. La Sportiva is currently run by Francesco's son, Lorenzo Delladio, and by his granddaughter, Giulia ...