G D. Crain died in 1973 and was succeeded by his widow, Gertrude Crain, who chaired the company until 1996.
Gertrude Ramsay Crain (9 March 1911 – July 20, 1996) was an American publishing executive who served as chair of Crain Communications, Inc., a company her husband, G.D. Crain, Jr., founded in 1916.
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