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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Frank Main

James Crown dead in Colorado racetrack accident at 70; Chicago billionaire had just announced plans to enlist CEOs to fight violent crime

James and Paula Crown at MoMa’s Party in the Garden 2022 on June 7, 2022, at The Museum of Modern Art in New York. (Getty Images)

Chicago businessman James Crown, who recently pledged to address violent crime in Chicago by enlisting fellow CEOs to join him in a massive jobs program, died Sunday in a crash while driving on a racetrack outside Aspen, Colo.

Mr. Crown, 70, was chairman and chief executive officer of his family business, Henry Crown & Co. in Chicago, and managing partner of Aspen Skiing Co.

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