Linda Bean, an entrepreneur, GOP activist and granddaughter of retailer LL Bean, dies at 82
Source: NBC News/AP
March 24, 2024, 10:06 PM EDT
Linda L. Bean, a granddaughter of famed outdoor retailer L.L. Bean who became an entrepreneur, philanthropist and conservative activist, has died at age 82. Bean died Saturday, her business manager, Veronika Carlson, confirmed in a written statement Sunday. No cause was given.
Linda was known for her amazing work ethic, entrepreneurial spirit as well as her pride and dedication to her home state of Maine and L.L.Bean, the company her grandfather founded, the statement said. Our hearts go out to her family and friends. Beans grandfather, Leon Leonwood Bean, founded the company in 1912. It grew through its popular catalogue, offering durable products such as rubber-bottomed boots that came with a lifetime guarantee.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries/linda-bean-entrepreneur-gop-activist-granddaughter-retailer-ll-bean-di-rcna144862
No comment. DUers know who she was but to recap (from the OP article) -
In 2017, the Federal Election Commission said Bean made excessive contributions to a political action committee she bankrolled to support Donald Trumps presidential campaign. That prompted some liberal groups to call for a boycott of L.L. Bean which she described as harassment by a small kernel of hardcore bullies out on the left coast, West Coast, in California, trying to control what we do, what we buy, what we sell in Maine.
The Unmitigated Gall
(3,819 posts)2naSalit
(86,646 posts)Who was our nanny/babysitter for a summer. She was a lot of fun and was probably a polar opposite of this Bean.
The Grand Illuminist
(1,334 posts)nt
kimbutgar
(21,162 posts)Ive never brought or owned anything by LL Bean so my money never went to a Republican cause!
cactusfractal
(496 posts)IronLionZion
(45,454 posts)I have several items that were made in America and have lasted me a lot of years.
FakeNoose
(32,645 posts)Lifelong resident of Maine, and she used her grandfather L.L. Bean's wealth to support the Repukes.
oasis
(49,389 posts)tonekat
(1,815 posts)What a horrible piece of work she was. Typical GOP, not satisfied with inherited wealth, working to harm others.