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LEGENDARY ENTREPRENEUR CARROLL SHELBY PASSES AWAY
LOS ANGELES - May 11, 2012 - Carroll Shelby International, Inc., (OTC: CSBI.PK) announced today that
Carroll Hall Shelby, a man whose vision for performance transformed the automobile industry, has died
at age 89. Mr. Shelby passed away yesterday at Baylor Hospital in Dallas. The cause of death was not
disclosed.
Born on Jan. 11, 1923, Carroll Shelby was one of America’s greatest success stories. Championship-winning
racecar driver, “flying sergeant” wartime pilot, philanthropist, entrepreneur, car manufacturer and
racing team owner, he embodied the ingenuity, tenacity and grit to overcome any obstacle. He is perhaps
the only person to have worked at a visible level with all three major American automobile manufacturers.
Carroll Shelby founded Carroll Shelby International, a publicly held corporation involved in many industries.
His licensing arm has agreements with industry giants, such as Mattel, Sony, Ford Motor Company
and Electronic Arts. His car company, Shelby American, has a thriving parts business as well as a line
of muscle cars including the Shelby GT500 Super Snake, Shelby GT350 and Shelby GTS. The Las Vegasbased
company also manufactures a limited number of the 1960s Shelby 289 “street,” 289 FIA, 427 S/C
and Daytona Coupe Cobras.
Shelby considered his greatest achievement to be the establishment of the Carroll Shelby Foundation(tm).
Created in 1992 while Shelby was waiting for a heart transplant, the charity is dedicated to providing medical
assistance for those in need, including children, educational opportunities for young people through
automotive and other training programs and benefitting the Carroll Shelby Automotive Foundation.
Shelby remained active in the management of each of his companies and the Foundation until his death,
even though he endured both heart and kidney transplants in the last two decades of his life.
“We are all deeply saddened, and feel a tremendous sense of loss for Carroll’s family, ourselves and the
entire automotive industry,” said Joe Conway, president of Carroll Shelby International, Inc. and board
member. “There has been no one like Carroll Shelby and never will be. However, we promised Carroll we
would carry on, and he put the team, the products and the vision in place to do just that.”
Shelby is survived by his three children Patrick, Michael and Sharon, his sister Anne Shelby Ellison of Fort
Worth and his wife Cleo.
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