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Richard O. Simpson
1930 - 2023
Richard O. Simpson
1930 - 2023
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BORN
1930
DIED
2023
Richard Simpson Obituary
Richard O. Simpson was the first chairman of the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission and an advocate for child-resistant medicine bottles. He died July 21 in DeLand, Florida, at the age of 93.
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