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Dear Mr. Worthington:
Are you affiliated in any way with Worthington Industries, Inc. (NYSE:WOR), a Columbus-based metal processing company?
Storm Lake Skeptic
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Dear Skeptic:
I am no longer financially tied to Worthington Industries, Inc. in any way. The company was owned by my father, who passed it along to my mother when he died in a car accident in 1967. When my mother died cleaning a rifle in 1968, she passed the company on to my eldest brother, whose brakes failed on a winding road in 1969. He in turn passed it on to my next older brother, who accidently died falling into a vat of sulphuric acid in 1970 and who passed it on to me when none of my other brothers or sisters wanted to accept ownership. I sold the company for cash in 1987.