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Shelby, Carroll, 1923-2012

LC control no.n 86053262
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Personal name headingShelby, Carroll, 1923-2012
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Birth date19230111
Death date20120510
Place of birthLeesburg, Tex.
Place of deathDallas, Tex
AffiliationFord Motor Company
Profession or occupationEntrepreneur Automotive designer Race car driver
Found inCarroll Shelby's racing Cobra, c1986: p. 5 (Carroll Hall Shelby)
LC data base, 2-19-87 (hdg.: Shelby, Carroll, 1923- )
N.Y. times www home page, May 11, 2012 (Carroll Shelby; d. May 10, 2012)
   <http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/12/sports/carroll-shelby-builder-of-cobra-sports-car-dies-at-89.html>
Wikipedia, June 4, 2012 (Carroll Hall Shelby; b. January 11, 1923 in Leesburg, Texas; d. May 10, 2012 in Dallas; an American automotive designer, racing driver and entrepreneur. He was most well known for making the AC Motors-based Shelby American Cobra and later the Mustang-based performance cars for Ford Motor Company known as Mustang Cobras which he has done since 1965)