Byline: Knight-Ridder
AKRON, Ohio Unpretentious, not one to push himself on people, Raymond C. Firestone didn't fit the picture of the typical industrialist. For that, the people who knew him are grateful.
The last of the family to run the tire company founded by his father, Firestone died from heart ailments early Friday at the Cleveland Clinic, losing a struggle of many years.
He was 86.
Family members and former employees remembered the sportsman and philanthropist Friday as a man who took pride in his family name and worked hard to make sure Firestone remained a name worthy of respect.
Firestone, a longtime Bath, Ohio, …
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