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A Dollar Tree store in Miami. The chain began in Virginia in 1986, the brainchild of Mr. Brock and two others.
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Macon Brock Jr.
Died on December 9, 2017 at age 75
Mr. Brock was a founder, chief executive and chairman of the discount store chain that became the Dollar Tree, the retailing juggernaut with more than 14,000 outlets in the United States and Canada.
Notable Deaths 2017
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