RIP Ingvar Kamprad

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RIP Ingvar Kamprad

#1 Post by elwoodblues » Sun Jan 28, 2018 9:28 am

Ingvar Kamprad, the founder of IKEA, has died at 91.

The funeral will be after the coffin is assembled, which might take a week.
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Re: RIP Ingvar Kamprad

#2 Post by ghostjmf » Sun Jan 28, 2018 10:17 am

RIH, Nazi sympathizer. NPR obit said he regretted his ties to the Nazis. A previous article I'd read about him said he was proud of them. Apparently company flacks got him to officially recant on that. Bad for product pushing.

In Europe co is pronounced Ih-ke'-a, I'm told.
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Re: RIP Ingvar Kamprad

#3 Post by elwoodblues » Sun Jan 28, 2018 10:34 am

I did not know that. I just wanted to make the IKEA joke.
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Re: RIP Ingvar Kamprad

#4 Post by ghostjmf » Sun Jan 28, 2018 11:05 am

A BBC ref on Kamprad's Nazi ties:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-14661582
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