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Question:Can anyone tell me where William Powell Lear, inventor of the Lear Jet, 8 track tapes, the Steam Car, etc., is buried?


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Can anyone tell me where William Powell Lear, inventor of the Lear Jet, 8 track tapes, the Steam Car, etc., is buried?

http://findagrave.com has 2 entries w/ no cemetery listed. It appears that he died of Leukemia and was cremated w/ his ashes scattered at sea. (see below)

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi...

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi...

In early 1978 he was diagnosed with acute leukemia. He died in Reno, Nevada. His family scattered his ashes over the Pacific.