Adrian Dalsey (October 14, 1914,

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- October 10, 1994,

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) was a co-founder of shipping company,

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Early life

Dalsey was born in

on October 14, 1914. He attended

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there, but later dropped out.

DHL

In 1969, he co-founded DHL Express alongside business partners

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and Robert Lynn. Dalsey was the "D" in DHL. He traveled to southeast Asia,

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, Hawaii,

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, and other various parts of Asia, until he sold his share of DHL in 1980.

Family

He married Marjorie Schutt Dalsey and they had two children together, a boy named Jonathan and daughter Jennifer. He also fathered another son, Harry Dalsey after divorcing his wife Marjorie.

Walnut Creek slaying

His son Harry admitted to killing Guy Broomfield, the then partner of his mother and brother of actress Shirley Ann Field, in 1999, and

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ed it down to

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Death

Adrian Dalsey married Harry's mother Annie, and they were together until he died in 1994, in

References

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Early life

DHL

Family

Walnut Creek slaying

Death

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