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Harrison Gass passes away

05/09/2006

Founder of the Jonell Shoe Manufacturing Co. in Lawrence, MA, USA, Harrison Gass passed away on August 29 at the age of 91.

In the 1950s, Mr Gass created a line called ‘Styled by DiGassio’ to compete directly with Italian-made footwear which was becoming popular with American women at the time.

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