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OBITUARY: Former Chrysler exec dead at 84

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By:
Stacey Robinson
January 20, 2003 05:00 AM

Elgar "Gar" Laux, an executive who helped Lee Iacocca return the Chrysler Corp. to profitability, died Dec. 16. He was 84.

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