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Tootsie Roll Industries' CEO Melvin Gordon dies at 95 after 5 decades of candy making

2015-01-21 19:58:08| Food - Topix.net

Gordon, the company's chairman and CEO, died Tuesday in Boston after a brief illness, said Brooke Vane, a spokeswoman for the company's public relations firm. Gordon ran the Chicago-based confectioner for 53 years, overseeing the manufacture of 64 million Tootsie Rolls a day and other favourites including Junior Mints, Charleston Chews and Tootsie Pops.

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