1. Delbert Eugene "Del" Webb was an American real-estate developer and a co-owner of the New York Yankees baseball club.
10 Facts About Del Webb
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Del Webb founded and developed the retirement community of Sun City, Arizona, which was built by his Del E Webb Construction Company.
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Del Webb dropped out of high school to become a carpenter's apprentice, and in 1919, he married Hazel Lenora Church, a graduate nurse.
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In 1920, Webb was a ship fitter, and they were living with his parents and two younger brothers in Placer County, California.
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Del Webb received many military contracts during World War II.
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In 1948, Del Webb was contracted to build 600 houses and a shopping center called Pueblo Gardens in Tucson, Arizona.
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In 1919, Del Webb married his childhood sweetheart, Hazel Lenora Church.
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In 1961, Del Webb married Toni Ince, then aged 41, a buyer for Bullocks Wilshire department store in Los Angeles.
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Del Webb was elected to the Gaming Hall of Fame in 2000.
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Del Webb died at age 75 in Rochester, Minnesota, on July 4,1974, following surgery for lung cancer.