Northwest tire magnate Les Schwab, 89, has died. He had been in poor health in recent months.
He bought a dilapidated tire store in 1952 and ended up with a chain of over 400 stores throughout the West generating over a billion a year in sales.
Schwab was the personification of Prineville, Oregon.
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