Chairman of Easyhome home furnishings chain in China jumps to his death
Wang Linpeng, also the CEO of the country’s largest home furnishings retailer, was reportedly the subject of an official investigation BEIJING — Multiple news organizations …
Category: Deaths
EJ Victor co-founder John Jokinen dies at age 81
Industry leader founded luxury furniture manufacturer in 1989 with Edward W. Phifer III and Joseph B. Manderson Editor’s Note: Home News Now received the following …
Industry veteran Bill Hart remembered for his 5-decade career in home furnishings
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The home furnishings industry lost one of its longtime professionals on Friday, June 20, with the passing of George William “Bill” Hart …
William ‘Bill’ Louis Bradley dies at age 60
DALLASTOWN, Pa. — Longtime retail buyer William “Bill” Louis Bradley, of Dallastown, died peacefully at his home surrounded by his family on Friday, June 6. …
Longtime AFMA government affairs executive Joseph Gregory Gerard dies at age 85
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Joseph Gregory Gerard, a longtime government affairs executive with the former American Furniture Manufacturers Association, died April 29. He was 85. …
Longtime industry sales rep Robert ‘Bob’ Petril Sr. dies at age 85
SARASOTA, Fla. — Robert ‘Bob’ Petril Sr., a longtime industry manufacturers’ sales representative, died here on March 30. He was 85. According to his obituary, …
Scott Russell Turner of Turner’s Furniture dies at age 84
THOMASVILLE, Ga. —Scott Russell Turner, a longtime furniture retailer whose business later branched out into what is known today as 1915 South, died here on …
Longtime Dallas Market executive Bill Winsor dies at age 78
Winsor was president and chief executive from 1993 to 2015 and was named chairman emeritus in 2015 DALLAS — Bill Winsor, the longtime president and …
Gerald Washington dies at age 85
PONTOTOC, Miss. — Gerald Washington, who built an upholstery manufacturing operation from the ground up that supplied retailers around the country for decades, died here …
Beryl ‘Budd’ Bugatch dies at age 79
Financial analyst was best known to the industry for his nearly 30 years at Raymond James Financial Services ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Longtime furniture and …
