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Archive Home > 2009 > July > 23 > John Barry was driving force behind success of WD-40

John Barry was driving force behind success of WD-40

By Douglas Martin / The Bulletin
July 23, 2009

John Barry, an executive who masterminded the spread of WD-40, the petroleum-based lubricant and protectant created for the space program, into millions of American households, died July 3 in La Jolla, Calif. He was 84.

The cause was pulmonary fibrosis, said Garry Ridge, president and CEO of the....

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