EMILY:..BREAKING NOW--
BUSINESS LEADER AND FURNITURE
STORE MAGNATE ART VAN
ELSLANDER-- IS DEAD AT AGE 87.
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24 HOUR NEWS 8'S MARVIS
HEERING IS LIVE IN STUDIO
CONTROL WITH THIS NEWS JUST
COMING DOWN IN THE PAST FEW
MINUTES-- MARVIS..
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MARVIS:..EMILY-- OFFICIALS AT
HIS NAMESAKE ... THE FURNITURE
GIANT ART VAN--- CONFIRMED HIS
DEATH ON THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE--
HIS ELDEST SON SAYING, QUOTE
"MY FAMILY IS HEARTBROKEN BY
THE LOSS OF OUR FATHER."
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AGAIN-- VAN ELSLANDER WAS 87.
IT'S NOT CLEAR WHERE HE DIED-
NOR THE CAUSE.ACCORDING TO OUR
DETROIT AFFILIATE, VAN
ELSLANDER OPENED HIS FIRST
STORE BACK IN 1959 ON GRATIOT
AVENUE IN DETROIT.TODAY-- THE
COMPANY OPERATES 100 STORES
THROUGHOUT THE MIDWEST.OUTSIDE
OF HIS HUGE FURNITURE STORE--
ART VAN ELSLANDER IS
REMEMBERED FOR HIS GIVING..HE
AND HIS COMPANY SPONSORED MANY
EVENTS HERE IN WEST MICHGIAN--
INCLUDING THE ANNUAL SANTA
PARADE.
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MARVIS:..FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS
ARE NOT YET CONFIRMED, WE'LL
KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THOSE