Auto-painting entrepeneur and horseracing hobbyist Earl A. Scheib built a car-painting empire by saying "I'll paint any car" over and over on television ads. He died in his sleep at home on his 85th birthday.
Mr. Scheib opened a single shop in Los Angeles in 1937, and expanded to approximately 330 shops across 40 states and Canada. So many customers visited that the local police were called to maintain order. Over a half century later, his firm had painted fifty million cars.
Mr. Scheib had suffered from emphysema for several years and appeared weak on Friday night, friends and associates said. In an early birthday celebration that day at Santa Anita Race Track in Arcadia, California, Mr. Scheib collected $16,500, the winner's purse after "Cause I'm Leaving", a 4-year-old bay colt Mr. Scheib bred and owned, won the fourth race.
Mr. Scheib started in business with his first Earl Scheib Auto Painting shop at Fairfax Avenue and Whitworth Drive, just southeast of Beverly Hills. Besides his business concerns, his primary interest was horse breeding and racing, and he owned over 175 horses. His longtime stable manager said that Earl's favorite horse was "Fran's Valentine", named for his late wife, who had been born on St. Valentine's Day. The horse was the leading California-bred filly of all time, earning over $1.4 million.
Earl Scheib was survived by sons Philip, Donald and Albert Scheib and several grandchildren.
Mr. Scheib opened a single shop in Los Angeles in 1937, and expanded to approximately 330 shops across 40 states and Canada. So many customers visited that the local police were called to maintain order. Over a half century later, his firm had painted fifty million cars.
Mr. Scheib had suffered from emphysema for several years and appeared weak on Friday night, friends and associates said. In an early birthday celebration that day at Santa Anita Race Track in Arcadia, California, Mr. Scheib collected $16,500, the winner's purse after "Cause I'm Leaving", a 4-year-old bay colt Mr. Scheib bred and owned, won the fourth race.
Mr. Scheib started in business with his first Earl Scheib Auto Painting shop at Fairfax Avenue and Whitworth Drive, just southeast of Beverly Hills. Besides his business concerns, his primary interest was horse breeding and racing, and he owned over 175 horses. His longtime stable manager said that Earl's favorite horse was "Fran's Valentine", named for his late wife, who had been born on St. Valentine's Day. The horse was the leading California-bred filly of all time, earning over $1.4 million.
Earl Scheib was survived by sons Philip, Donald and Albert Scheib and several grandchildren.
Auto-painting entrepeneur and horseracing hobbyist Earl A. Scheib built a car-painting empire by saying "I'll paint any car" over and over on television ads. He died in his sleep at home on his 85th birthday.
Mr. Scheib opened a single shop in Los Angeles in 1937, and expanded to approximately 330 shops across 40 states and Canada. So many customers visited that the local police were called to maintain order. Over a half century later, his firm had painted fifty million cars.
Mr. Scheib had suffered from emphysema for several years and appeared weak on Friday night, friends and associates said. In an early birthday celebration that day at Santa Anita Race Track in Arcadia, California, Mr. Scheib collected $16,500, the winner's purse after "Cause I'm Leaving", a 4-year-old bay colt Mr. Scheib bred and owned, won the fourth race.
Mr. Scheib started in business with his first Earl Scheib Auto Painting shop at Fairfax Avenue and Whitworth Drive, just southeast of Beverly Hills. Besides his business concerns, his primary interest was horse breeding and racing, and he owned over 175 horses. His longtime stable manager said that Earl's favorite horse was "Fran's Valentine", named for his late wife, who had been born on St. Valentine's Day. The horse was the leading California-bred filly of all time, earning over $1.4 million.
Earl Scheib was survived by sons Philip, Donald and Albert Scheib and several grandchildren.
Mr. Scheib opened a single shop in Los Angeles in 1937, and expanded to approximately 330 shops across 40 states and Canada. So many customers visited that the local police were called to maintain order. Over a half century later, his firm had painted fifty million cars.
Mr. Scheib had suffered from emphysema for several years and appeared weak on Friday night, friends and associates said. In an early birthday celebration that day at Santa Anita Race Track in Arcadia, California, Mr. Scheib collected $16,500, the winner's purse after "Cause I'm Leaving", a 4-year-old bay colt Mr. Scheib bred and owned, won the fourth race.
Mr. Scheib started in business with his first Earl Scheib Auto Painting shop at Fairfax Avenue and Whitworth Drive, just southeast of Beverly Hills. Besides his business concerns, his primary interest was horse breeding and racing, and he owned over 175 horses. His longtime stable manager said that Earl's favorite horse was "Fran's Valentine", named for his late wife, who had been born on St. Valentine's Day. The horse was the leading California-bred filly of all time, earning over $1.4 million.
Earl Scheib was survived by sons Philip, Donald and Albert Scheib and several grandchildren.
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