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Hootie Johnson at a news conference in 2003 at Augusta National Golf Club. As the club's chairman, he resisted efforts to admit women.
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Hootie Johnson
Died on July 14, 2017 at age 86
As chairman of Augusta National Golf Club, home of the Masters tournament, Mr. Johnson resisted efforts to admit women as members. In 2002 the issue drew national attention and renewed focus on how social discrimination against women could affect their professional ambitions, because Augusta National, in Georgia, had many corporate leaders among its members.
Notable Deaths 2017
Remembering Mary Tyler Moore, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lewis, David Rockefeller, Trisha Brown, Glen Campbell, Dick Gregory, Edith Windsor, Sam Shepard, Tom Petty and many others who died this year.