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Mel Farr, Detroit Lion turned auto dealer, dies at 70

Black Enterprise magazine named Mel Farr Automotive Group the nation's largest black-owned company in 1998.
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By:
Bill Shea
August 04, 2015 05:00 AM

DETROIT -- Mel Farr, the former Detroit Lions running back who became owner of the nation’s largest black-owned dealership group, has died at the age of 70.

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