Red McCombs, Car Salesman Turned Media Mogul, Dies at 95
By Glenn Rifkin - New York Times - Feb. 21, 2023
Red McCombs, a former Texas used car dealer who became a billionaire entrepreneur by venturing into an array of successful businesses, including the media giant Clear Channel Communications and several professional sports teams, died on Sunday at his home in San Antonio. He was 95.
His family announced his death but did not state the cause. …
I did meet him twice and all I can say is that he was a man for whom too much was never enough.
Now I can only hope his family will reconsider their Alberta Park misadventure, then do the right thing by trading the Alberta Park parcel for something more realistic at lower elevation, or simply returning it to it's rightful owners, the national trust, within the protection of the Rio Grande National Forest.
They could then change the name to "Red McCombs' Memorial Meadow".
After all, it is in the heart of the headwaters to the interstate, international Rio Grande River, it deserves to be left alone, serving its historic function as watershed and wildlife refuge.
What better tribute could there be?
