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Stanford Graduate School of Business ( MBA; 1971) Occupation. Entrepreneur. Known for. Founder of Victoria's Secret. Spouse (s) Gaye Raymond (m. 1970s; div. 1990) Roy Larson Raymond (April 15, 1947 – August 26, 1993) [ 1] was an American businessman who founded the Victoria's Secret lingerie retail store in California in 1977. [ 2]
On August 26, 1993, Roy Raymond, the founder of Victoria's Secret, died after intentionally jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge at the age of 46. Last seen walking toward the bridge, Raymond's body was shortly thereafter washed up on a shoreline in Marin County; investigators concluded that he had killed himself by jumping from the bridge. [76]
Victoria's Secret was founded by Roy Raymond, and his wife, Gaye Raymond, [2] [6] [7] on June 12, 1977. [19] [8] The first store was opened in the Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto, California. [8] Years earlier, Raymond was embarrassed when purchasing lingerie for his wife at a department store.
Of the 58 counties in California, 14 are governed under a charter. They are Alameda, Butte, El Dorado, Fresno, Los Angeles, Orange, Placer, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Tehama. [ 6] Nine counties in California are named for saints, tied with Louisiana for the largest number.
Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum [10] is a multi-purpose stadium in Oakland, California, United States. It is part of the Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Complex, with the adjacent Oakland Arena, near Interstate 880.
Map of the Salton Sea drainage area. The Salton Sea is a shallow, landlocked, highly saline endorheic lake in Riverside and Imperial counties at the southern end of the U.S. state of California. It lies on the San Andreas Fault within the Salton Trough, which stretches to the Gulf of California in Mexico .
Slab City is located on roughly 640 acres (260 hectares) of public land, [9] near the east shore of the Salton Sea.It is 100 miles (160 kilometers) northeast of San Diego, 169 mi (272 km) southeast of Los Angeles and about 50 mi (80 km) from Mexico. [10]
Hollywood Reporter. Mike Barnes. July 20, 2016 at 10:06 AM. Prince, David Bowie, & More: Fallen Stars of 2016. Lisa Gaye, the auburn-haired actress and dancer who starred in the 1956 musical films ...