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Died. Alberto Augustm Dodero, 64, Italian immigrant's son who became one of South America's wealthiest men and freest spenders; of a heart attack; in Montevideo, Uruguay. Aided by loans and contracts from Argentina's Dictator Juan Peron, to whom he had given such thoughtful gifts as a Rolls-Royce, Dodero expanded his shipping business to 382 vessels, the continent's biggest merchant fleet. In 1949 he sold his Compania Argentina de Navegacion Dodero S.A. to Peron's government. For pleasure, Don Alberto had a small land, sea & air fleet all his own, kept...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Mar. 12, 1951 | 3/12/1951 | See Source »

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