Julio Gallo (March 21, 1910 – May 2, 1993) was one of two of the founders of the
E & J Gallo Winery.
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Biography
He was born on March 21, 1910, in Oakland, California
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to Joseph Gallo, Sr. He had two brothers: his partner in the wine business, Ernest Gallo; and his youngest brother, Joseph Edward Gallo. Joseph Gallo, Sr. died in a murder-suicide when he shot his wife and then took his own life.[ Julio grew up near ]Modesto, California
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and graduated in 1929 from Modesto High School. He married Aileen (1913–1999) and they had: Robert J. Gallo, and Susan Gallo Coleman.[
He died on May 2, 1993, when the vehicle he was driving veered off a dirt road on his ranch near ]Tracy, California
Tracy is the second most populated city in San Joaquin County, California, San Joaquin County, California, United States. The population was 93,000 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Tracy is located inside a geographic triangle form ...
. The cause of death was a cervical spine fracture and partial dislocation caused by the blunt-force trauma of the crash.
Awards and honors
*1989 – Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement
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*2006 – Hospitality Industry Hall of Honor, Conrad N. Hilton College, Hilton University of Houston
Further reading
Gallo Family Vineyards
*Henderson, Bruce, with Ernest and Julio Gallo. ''Ernest & Julio: Our Story''. Times Books, 1994
References
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1910 births
1993 deaths
American people of Italian descent
American wine merchants
20th-century American businesspeople
Gallo family
Road incident deaths in California